
AJung Moon is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. She recently completed her Master’s in Applied Science at UBC where she designed robots to ‘hesitate’ when it is about to collide into people. Prior to entering the world of research, she received her Honours Mechatronics Engineering degree and a minor in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo. Her interdisciplinary interests in exploring how robots affect people and how this knowledge should inform interactive robot design fuels her passion in human-robot interaction and roboethics.
She has been passionate about discussing roboethics issues since undergrad, and has been blogging about social, legal, and ethical issues pertaining to robotics on Roboethics Info Database.
Recent posts:
- IROS Workshop: Best practices in designing roadmaps for robotics innovation
- Clearpath’s public stance on Killer Robots sets precedence in corporate responsibility
- What should a robot do? Designing robots that know right from wrong
- NAO Next Gen now available for a wider audience
- AJung Moon on “What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics?”
- AJung Moon on “If you could enhance yourself by some robotic accessory or implant, what would it be?”
- AJung Moon on “What were the top stories in robotics from 2013?”
- AJung Moon on “Do robots need heads?”
- We Robot Conference: The Ethical Robot License for open robotics
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Let’s all stop them, shall we?
- Video interviews from Robot Block Party 2013
- New book: “Robot Futures” by Illah Reza Nourbakhsh
- Self-awareness, robot rights, and today’s robots
Podcast interviews posts:
- Engaging Girls in Robotics
- A Code of Ethics for HRI Practitioners
- Privacy, Google, and Big Deals
- Working with EOD Personnel
- Autonomous lethal weapons
Recent scoops:
- US doesn’t have drone monopoly | Huffpost LIve
- DARPA quadrotor autonomously avoids obstacles during flight | 33rd Square