Michael Fisher

I hold a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. I am Fellow of both BCS and IET and am 40% seconded to the UK's Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, advising on Robotics & Autonomous Systems.

I am academic lead for CRADLE, am involved in both BSI and IEEE standards on Fail-Safe Design of Autonomous Systems, am Senior Associate Editor of the Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence journal, and previous co-chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on the Verification of Autonomous Systems.

Some Recent Updates

• PRIZE: Colin Campbell Mitchell Award
• Recent research (2025): "Expedited BDI..."
• International Policy Collaboration (2025):
  "A Roadmap for Responsible Robotics"
• Recent research (2026): "Compositional approach to verifying modular robotic sys..."
• IEEE Standard (2024):"Fail-Safe Design of Autonomous Systems" (IEEE 7009-2024)
• Policy@Manchester article, (2025): "Insulating Robotics from an AI Winter"
• BCS Thought Leadership (2024):
  Responsible Development of Technology
• Prosperity Partnership: CRADLE = Amentum + Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI