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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Foundations of Safety and Interpretability in Robotics

  • Overview of safety and transparency in robotic systems
  • Regulatory and ethical landscape for robotics and AI
  • Key standards and frameworks: ISO 26262, ISO 10218, and ISO/IEC 42001

Risk and Hazard Assessment

  • Identifying potential hazards in autonomous and semi-autonomous systems
  • Conducting Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Quantifying risk and implementing mitigations through safety design

Validation and Verification Methods

  • Testing robotic behaviors in simulated environments
  • Formal verification and test case development
  • Data-driven validation and monitoring approaches

Safety Case Formulation

  • Structuring and defining the content of a safety case
  • Documenting compliance and traceability
  • Utilizing tools for evidence management and risk justification

Interpretable AI in Robotics

  • Enhancing the transparency of decision-making processes
  • Interpretability techniques for ML-based control systems
  • Communicating robotic behaviors to end-users and regulatory bodies

Ethical and Governance Dimensions

  • Ethical principles governing robotics and autonomous systems
  • Bias, accountability, and responsibility in AI-driven robotics
  • Balancing innovation with public trust and regulatory requirements

Practical Workshop: Creating a Safe and Interpretable Robotics Scenario

  • Designing a small robotic simulation using ROS 2 or Gazebo
  • Applying validation and verification procedures
  • Developing and presenting a safety case summary

Conclusion and Future Steps

Requirements

  • Foundational knowledge of robotic systems and control architectures
  • Proficiency with Python programming and simulation software
  • Understanding of systems engineering or safety processes

Target Audience

  • Systems engineers engaged in robotics or autonomous systems projects
  • Safety specialists responsible for adhering to functional safety standards
  • Technical managers supervising robotic integration and rollout

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