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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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18 June 2026

Professor John McDermid, Co-Director of the Institute for Safe Autonomy and Director of Centre for Assuring Autonomy (both at the University of York), has been appointed to the Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council.

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10 May 2026

Researchers from the University of York are part of a partnership that has been awarded more than £900,000 to transform how high-risk chemistry experiments are conducted.

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7 May 2026

From quantum communications to autonomous vessels, the Institute for Safe Autonomy's (ISA) first Industry Summit brought together experts to explore how collaboration can tackle real-world challenges.

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