What’s a robot? | January 2013 | Communications of the ACM

by Andra Keay

18 January 2013

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I believe it would be a contribution to our society to encourage deeper thinking about what we in the computing world produce, the tools we use to produce them, the resilience and reliability that these products exhibit and the risks that they may introduce.

The Robot Launch Pad‘s insight:

Vint Cerf reflects on the increasing impact that software has directly on the physical environment – call it a robot if you will! I agree that the internet of things opens the door to connected and hidden robotics and that we should consider the impacts more imaginatively.

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Andra Keay is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics, founder of Women in Robotics and is a mentor, investor and advisor to startups, accelerators and think tanks, with a strong interest in commercializing socially positive robotics and AI.

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