Autonomous Systems and Robotics in Society
From the familiar robot vacuum to AI‑powered drones, more and more robots are becoming part of everyday life. How can we design robots that respect our consent, our sense of touch, and our personal space? How do robots influence human relationships, group dynamics, and the way people interact with one another? And what would it mean to introduce these technologies into society in a refer to humane futures or human-centered design already here since none of us does fairness research?
These are some of the central questions explored by researchers in the WASP‑HS research environment Autonomous Systems and Robotics in Society. Their work investigates how robots shape daily life – and how we, in turn, can shape their development to support impact society, in particular the future of work, care, and labor.
Research Leaders
Members
Ali Reza Majlesi
Karolinska Institutet
Barry Brown
Stockholm University
Didem Gürdür Broo
Uppsala University
Donald McMillan
Stockholm University
Pedro Sanches
Umeå University
Erik Frisk
Linköping University
Iolanda Leite
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Katherine Harrison
Linköping University
Mathias Broth
Linköping University
Rachael Garrett
KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
University of Nottingham
Sara Ljungblad
Gothenburg University,
Chalmers University of Technology
Valentina Fantasia
Lund University
Ylva Fernaeus
KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Umeå University
Guest Researchers
Stuart Reeves
University of Nottingham
Sylvaine Tuncer
King’s College London
Selected Publications
Pelikan, H., Lampinen, A., Garrett, R., Hofstetter, E., Hoskins, A., Kuehn, H., Leite, I., McMillan, D., Passero, S., Winkle, K. and Broth, M., 2026. Making Sense of the Felt Experience of Controlling Autonomous Systems. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS’26)(Singapore, Singapore). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. https://doi. org/10.1145/3800645.3812868.
