Inclusive Design

(Update on RixTalk Audible Ruler) Last week, the audible ruler was given a brief test by one of our...

RixBot Update

Work has been ongoing for a new version of the RixBot throughout December, mostly looking for ways of improving...

Robot Programming Made Simple (Update)

The robot buggy was tested at Rix Inclusive Research to see how well it worked (in principle) and although...

Robot Programming made Simple

We are developing a simple, programmable robot buggy designed to make robotics accessible to a much wider audience. The...

RixTalk Update

The new version (technically the next iteration, as it is far from ‘finished’) of the talking ruler is almost...

Wheelchair users Experience VR

We ran our first VR workshop specifically for wheelchair users this week, giving two of our co-researchers a taste...

New RixTalk Talking Ruler

After creating the initial prototype of the talking ruler and considering some of the early feedback given to me...

Hackathon25 at Rix Inclusive Research

The next Hackathon (Hackathon25) at Rix Inclusive Research will take place on June 18th 2025, and already the planning...

What are NFC Tags?

NFC (Near Field Communication) Tags are tiny stickers, cards, and keychains that can store and send information to a...

Speech Recognition Engine for Controlling RixBot

Finally, I managed to find some spare time today to connect up the audio system to a Raspberry Pi...

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inclusive? Workshop at Rix (12/02/2025)

This is the second Generative AI workshop that we have hosted aimed at finding out more about the accessibility...

Talking Ruler (AKA RixTalk)

At a recent visit to the Google Accessibility Discovery Centre with colleagues from Rix Inclusive Research, amongst the many...
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