In the search-and-rescue domain, an autonomous system (AS) may be tasked with conveying information or delivering instructions to people who have never encountered that system before. In such cases, willingness to comply demands a “leap of faith”.

 

This project explores the conditions under which a human subject can be persuaded to take that leap, focusing in particular on three factors: the AS’s relatability, the degree to which its instructions can be verified as correct (guarantee), and it’s level of authority – that is, the guarantor or what the human believes to be the originator of the instructions (e.g., the police, the fire department, the AS’s own calculations).

Project Team

Meet Our Project Team

Sachini Weerawardhana

Research Associate, King’s College London

Lead Contact

Peta Masters

Research Associate, King’s College London

Co-Investigator

Justyna Lisinska

Research Fellow, The Policy Institute, King’s College London

Co-Investigator

Hugo Aruajo

Research Associate in Testing Cyber-Physical Systems, King’s College London

Co-Investigator

Elena Nichele

Research Fellow at the TAS Hub and Horizon Digital Economy, University of Nottingham

Co-Investigator

Yang Lu

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, York St John University

Co-Investigator

Michael Akintunde

Postdoctoral Researcher in Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, King’s College London

Co-Investigator

Aaron Roberts (Thales Group)

Senior Operability expert, Thales UK

Project Advisor

Maire Byrne

Senior Research Scientist, Dstl-MoD

Project Advisor

Katie Plant

Associate Professor in Human Factors Engineering, University of Southampton.

Project Advisor

Mohammad Reza Mousavi

Professor of Computer Science, King’s College London

Project Advisor

Genovefa Kefalidou

Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience Design, University of Leicester

Project Advisor

Luc Moreau

Professor of Computer Science, Head of the Department of Informatics, King’s College London

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