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FAILSAFE midpoint

FAILSAFE is part of Horizons Consumer Product Campaign. We are investigating the reality of robots entering the domestic setting through a lens of failure – how might domestic robots fail? […]


Congratulations Tom!

Congratulations to our founding member, Professor Tom Rodden on being elected Fellow of the Royal Society.  Read more about Toms appointment here.


New paper – Insights Into Legacy: Issues of Handover from a Partner-Initiated Project

This paper addresses the issue that researchers have around learning what happens to their projects after they are handed over to partners.  It reports on a six year collaboration with […]


Unpacking the Recurrent Value of Digitally Augmented FMCGs halfway point

Our early work exploring Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) snack products and the rituals of consuming food highlighted some distinct themes: Eating together promotes commensality benefits and social bonding. Snacking […]


Robot Talk podcast – Professor Steve Benford

“The original motivation behind the Mixed Reality Lab was to look at all the ways you could use technology to blend real and virtual experiences. And of course one of […]