Derek Seward

Also published under:D. Seward, D. W. Seward

Affiliation

Lancaster University, UK

Topic

Mobile Robot,Risk Management,Safety Risks,System State,Ability Of System,Accidental Events,Actual Decision,Application Areas,Architectural Framework,Assessment System,Assignment Of Values,Automated Guided Vehicles,Automatic System,Autonomic System,Autonomous Behavior,Construction Industry,Current State Of The System,Decision-making,Economic Justification,Elements Of System,Evaluation Plan,Fault Tree Analysis,Functional Elements,Future Conditions,General Behavior,Global Status,Hazardous Waste,Intelligent Robotic Systems,Intelligent Systems,Iterative Cycles,Level Of Automation,Markov Decision Process,North West Of England,Operation State,Operational Objectives,Presence Of Obstacles,Presence Of Uncertainty,Probabilistic Model,Remotely Operated Vehicle,Respect For People,Reward Function,Risk Assessment,Risk Assessment And Management,Risk Of Surgery,Robotic System,Robotic Technology,Run Test,Safe Decisions,Safety Analysis,Safety Decision-making,

Biography

Derek Seward is currently head of engineering at Lancaster University in the United Kigdom. He has been involved in robotics research for over ten years. His main interests are in adding intelligence to heavy hydraulic machines, such as robot excavators, automated piling rigs, and heavy construction tool manipulators. He is also interested in the IT issues of integrating design and robotics and is involved in research into the safety issues that arise from heavy mobile robots.