Case studies, ready to download.

The case studies we use in ORBIT workshops and hackathons, free for students and participants to download. Each pairs a real technology or project with the Responsible Research and Innovation questions the AREA framework asks. Twenty-two to choose from, across renewable energy, AI and autonomy, robotics, health and biotech, climate, quantum and materials.

Renewable energy & AI

AI Wind Power Forecasting

Google DeepMind and Engie: forecasting variable wind output to make it more valuable to the grid.

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Renewable energy & AI

AI Eagle Detection and Turbine Curtailment

IdentiFlight: spotting protected eagles and curtailing turbines to prevent bird strikes.

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Renewable energy & AI

AI Acoustic Monitoring for Marine Mammals

Offshore wind construction: listening for marine mammals to reduce harm from pile-driving noise.

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Renewable energy & AI

AI Drone Inspection of Offshore Turbine Blades

Ørsted and SkySpecs: autonomous drone inspection of huge offshore blades for cracks and erosion.

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AI & autonomy

Assured Autonomy

Assured Autonomy, DARPA Information Innovation Office (Sandeep Neema)

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AI & autonomy

Lidar & Autonomous Driving

Lidar for autonomous driving: the principles, challenges and trends for automotive lidar and perception systems

Download PDF 491 KB
AI & autonomy

Swarm Drones (Stigmergy)

Swarm coordination of mini-UAVs for target search using imperfect sensors

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Robotics

Robotics in the Food Industry

Robotic transformation and its business applications in the food industry

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AI & robotics

Social Robots & Covid-19

Robotic transformative service research: deploying social robots for consumer well-being during Covid-19

Download PDF 227 KB
Health & bio

Bionic Eyes

The Argus-II retinal prosthesis implantation: from the global to local successful experience

Download PDF 284 KB
Health & bio

Neuralink

An integrated brain-machine interface platform with thousands of channels (Elon Musk & Neuralink)

Download PDF 2.1 MB
AI & health

Senolytics & Longevity AI

Artificial intelligence for aging and longevity research: recent advances and perspectives

Download PDF 2.6 MB
AI & health

Smart Blood Analytics

Smart Blood Analytics: empowering differential diagnosis with machine learning

Download PDF 2.2 MB
Health & data

Health Data Poverty

Health data poverty: an assailable barrier to equitable digital health care

Download PDF 94 KB
Climate & data

Digital Twins & Water

A new digital twin for climate change adaptation, water management and disaster risk reduction

Download PDF 1.3 MB
Climate & environment

SPICE Geoengineering

Deliberating stratospheric aerosols for climate geoengineering and the SPICE project

Download PDF 285 KB
Renewable energy

Solar Power (CdTe PV)

Review of the environmental, health and safety impact of CdTe photovoltaic installations across their life-cycle

Download PDF 248 KB
Quantum

Quantum Secure Communications

Experimental long-distance quantum secure direct communication

Download PDF 342 KB
Quantum & health

Quantum for Drug Discovery

Potential of quantum computing for drug discovery

Download PDF 636 KB
Materials & chemistry

The Chemputer

Digitization of multistep organic synthesis in reactionware for on-demand pharmaceuticals

Download PDF 487 KB
AI & materials

Radar-Absorbing Materials

Synthesis of radar-absorbing materials for stealth aircraft using nanomaterials and evolutionary computation

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Data & digital

Bitcoin

Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system (Satoshi Nakamoto)

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