# Episode 66: Healthcare robots you can trust - Jims Marchang

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2023-12-15
- Length: 29m
- Episode: 66
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-sixty-six-jims-marchang

## Summary

Jims Marchang, a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, discusses the critical need for security, privacy, and trust in healthcare and assistive robots. He explains his research into gait-based biometric authentication as a way to reduce human error in continuous user verification, noting that 95% of cybersecurity incidents are due to human error. Marchang highlights that 70% of study participants stated robots cannot be trusted without robust security measures, emphasizing that privacy-by-design is essential for adoption.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang#t=8) Introduction: Jims Marchang and Sheffield Hallam University
- [1:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang#t=118) ISEX Cybernet Research: IoT, IoMT, and Hearing Impairment Projects
- [3:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang#t=231) Gait-Based Biometric Authentication and Continuous Verification
- [7:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang#t=478) Privacy Challenges: Face-to-Face Interaction and Data Confidentiality
- [13:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang#t=837) Access Control, Role-Based Permissions, and Scalability
- [19:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang#t=1173) User Trust, Adoption, and the Impact of Perception
- [24:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-12-15-episode-66-healthcare-robots-you-can-trust-jims-marchang#t=1474) Misconceptions About Robotics: Capabilities vs. Human Intelligence

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Sheffield Hallam University (company)
- CSCAN Research Laboratory (company)
- University of Plymouth (company)
- Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (company)
- NHS (company)
- IBM (company)
- Alexa (product)
- NHS Track and Trace App (product)

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