Category Archives: Ethics

ROBOLAW

Europe supports more research on robotics and the law The two year European project  ROBOLAW (Regulating Emerging Robotic Technologies in Europe: Robotics facing Law and Ethics) is scheduled to start in March of this year. The main goal of this … Continue reading

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Meet the Mask-bot

it’s more than just a pretty face… At first glance it’s a generic plastic mask fixed in front of a projector. Switch it on and you’re looking at the most realistic ¨talking head¨ yet. Researchers from the Institute of Cognitive … Continue reading

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Robot Companions for Citizens

An introduction to one of the FET Flagships The video above was presented by the Robot Companion for Citizens Flagship Initiative at a conference in Warsaw at the end of November. Robot Companions for Citizens is currently one of 6 … Continue reading

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A Robot’s Bedside Manner

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discuss their research on a robot’s touch. How can we make robots safe?  How can we make them perform their tasks effectively? Although these are among the most critical questions today’s robot engineers … Continue reading

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Robotics Faces the Law

Research bodies around the globe are making an effort to draft laws governing the development of robots as they become increasingly complex and ingrained in our societies. In September of 2010, the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Can we Love Robots?

MIT professor Sherry Turkle says no but she’s intrigued about some of the deep and meaningful emotions they can provoke in humans. Turkle stresses that although we are still very far from the point where robots are indistinguishable from humans- … Continue reading

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Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Robot?

Our apprehension to artificial beings The term robot was originally used in Karel Čapek’s 1921 play  RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots). However, the concept of a being or machine  akin to today’s conception of a robot is something that goes back … Continue reading

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