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1 September 2026

From developing drones that assist emergency teams with disaster relief to creating a system that lets autonomous ships communicate safely with other vessels, four cross-cutting research projects have been awarded seed funding from the Institute for Safe Autonomy this year.

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19 July 2026

The University of York has joined the Defence Universities Alliance (DUA) - a major new national partnership launched by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

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7 July 2026

The Institute for Safe Autonomy is launching a new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course, drawing on the University of York’s world leading expertise in Underwater Acoustic Communication and Networking (UACN).

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19 June 2026

Specialised drones and AI are being used to track the health of relocated ant colonies living in hard-to-reach tree canopies, in a new project by researchers at the Institute for Safe Autonomy.

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