Research project

A framework for research, application, and governance of bio-hybrid robotics: plotting a path to responsible research and innovation

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Dr Rafael Mestre
Research funder:

ESRC
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Rafael Mestre PhD, MSc, BSc

Lecturer

Research interests

Responsible Research and Innovation of emergent technologies
Multimodal machine learning and Natural Language Processing
Computational social science

Connect with Rafael

Email: R.Mestre@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Agents, Interaction and Complexity

We research the science and engineering of complex areas. We focus on areas including human-machine teams and human-in-the-loop interaction.
Institute for Life Sciences

We bring together interdisciplinary researchers with expertise across the themes of health and medicine, living systems, disruptive life technologies, and insights through data
Centre for Democratic Futures

We carry out interdisciplinary research on the conditions of achieving democratic futures, ranging from conceptual debates to challenges of institutional innovation and public policy.

Research outputs

Ethics and responsibility in biohybrid robotics research

Rafael Mestre, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Victoria A. Webster-Wood, Matt Ryan & M. Taher A. Saif, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(31)

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310458121

Type: article