CISE Student, Akua Kodie Dickson, Featured by BU College of Engineering for Autonomy Research

CISE student Akua Kodie Dickson (SE Ph.D. candidate) is working to advance safety and trust in robotics. During her Ph.D., Dickson began working with robotic controllers and motion planning. This led her to find a passion for safe autonomy — robots doing autonomous tasks and helping humans solve problems in a safe way.

“One of the major concerns is that as engineers we need to look at being able to trust these systems and being able to guarantee that they’re safe enough for them to interact with human beings,” Dickson said. “Because the goal of robotics is not for them to replace human beings, but for them to work hand in hand with human beings.”