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    Should robots be gendered?
    Should robots be gendered? I have serious doubts about the morality of designing and building robots to resemble men or women, boys or girls. Let me explain why....
    20 April 2016, by

    How would a robocar handle an oncoming tsunami?
    Recently, a reddit user posted a short video of a lucky driver in Japan who was able to turn his car around just in time to escape the torrent of the tsunami....
    19 April 2016, by

    comma.ai’s neural network car and new technology in robocars
    Perhaps the world’s most exciting new technology today are deep neural networks, in particular convolutional neural networks, such as “Deep Learning.” These networks are conquering some of the...
    15 April 2016, by

    Robust and transparent governance is key to building trust in driverless cars
    Sooner or later there will be fatal accident caused by a driverless car. It's not a question of if, but when. What happens immediately following that accident could have a profound effect on the nasce...
    12 April 2016, by

    Can I trust my robot? And should my robot trust me?
    If we are serious about long-term human presence in space, such as manned bases on the moon or Mars, we must figure out how to streamline human-robot interactions....
    07 April 2016, by

    Calculating why we should make a lot more robocars
    I frequently read that people claim one effect of robocars will be car share (when they work as taxis) and fewer cars being made (because most cars stay idle 95% of the time) — which is good news ...
    24 March 2016, by



    Survey shows public attitude towards robotics generally positive, but evokes mixed feelings
    The British Science Association released a survey about British public’s attitudes toward robotics and AI. Their headlines state: 60% of people think that the use of robots or programmes equipp...
    17 March 2016, by

    Replacing public transit at night for Uber and Lyft
    I have a big article forthcoming on the future of public transit. I believe that with the robocar (and van) it moves from being scheduled, route-based mass transit to on-demand, ad-hoc route medium an...
    12 March 2016, by

    Why Google’s crash is a good thing
    Reports released reveal that one of Google’s Gen-2 vehicles (the Lexus) has a fender-bender (with a bus) with some responsibility assigned to the system. This is the first crash of this type — all...
    04 March 2016, by

    Could we make a moral machine?
     Could we make a moral machine? A robot capable of choosing or moderating its actions on the basis of ethical rules? This was how I opened my IdeasLab talk at the World Economic Forum 2016. Th...
    02 March 2016, by

    White House economic report looks to robotics for the future
    For the first time, robotics was featured in the annual Economic Report of the President. The hefty 435 page report from the President and the Council of Economic Advisors was released to Congress on ...
    23 February 2016, by and

    Could shallow underpasses be express tunnels for small robocars?
    I recently read a report of a plan for a new type of intersection being developed in Malaysia and I felt it had some interesting applications for robocars....
    09 February 2016, by

    To err is human: raising the bar on AI
    Last week, media outlets reported about the latest 'sure sign' of an imminent robopocalypse. Google-backed DeepMind created an AI sophisticated enough to beat a human champion in the Chinese ...
    01 February 2016, by

    Robocar news roundup: Lyft and GM, Sidecar, the nature of competition, and CES
    Lyft announced a $500M investment from GM with $500M more, pushing them to a $5.4B valuation, which huge but also just a tenth of Uber's. This was combined with talk of a push to robocars: GM will p...
    04 January 2016, by

    Open Roboethics initiative delivers statement to United Nations CCW
    On Friday November 13th, AJung Moon from the Open Roboethics initiative delivered a statement at the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of States Parties....
    17 November 2015, by

    Join the debate on robots & society during #ERW2015
    What are your questions about "Robots and Society"? During the European Robotics Week 2015 (ERW2015), Europeans will explore how robots may impact the way we work, live, and learn through over 400...
    13 November 2015, by

    How ethical is your ethical robot?
    If you're in the business of making ethical robots, then sooner or later you have to face the question: how ethical is your ethical robot? If you've read my previous blog posts then you will probably...
    13 November 2015, by

    Global majority want autonomous weapons banned: New report
    The majority of people are against the use of autonomous weapons capable of identifying and destroying targets without human input, according to a new survey by researchers at the University of Britis...
    11 November 2015, by

    Delivery robots from Starship Technologies
    I’m pleased to announce today [Monday] the unveiling of a new self-driving vehicle company with which I am involved, not building self-driving cars, but instead small delivery robots which are going...
    04 November 2015, by

    What does the VW scandal mean for robocars?
    Most of you will have heard about the revelations that Volkswagen put software in their cars to deliberately cheat on emissions tests in the USA and possibly other places. It’s very bad for VW, but ...
    05 October 2015, by

    Tricking LIDAR and robocars
    Security researcher Jonathan Petit claims to be able to hack the multi-thousand-dollar laser ranging - LIDAR - systems that self-driving cars rely on. How does he do it and is it as dangerous as it so...
    14 September 2015, by

    Meeting on a narrow road
    What should a robocar do when it meets another robocar on a very narrow road? If they're in control, humans may resolve this in a number of ways, but it's a widely held belief that this is one of the...
    25 August 2015, by

    Don’t be fooled by robots falling down at DARPA’s Robotics Challenge
    This weekend I went to Pomona, CA for the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, where robots (mostly humanoid) competed at a variety of disaster response and assistance tasks. This contest — a successor ...
    08 June 2015, by

    Robocar roundup: Google deploys nextgen cars on city streets; Mercedes Freightleiner tests in NV
    [clear] Google has done over 2.7 million km of testing with their existing fleet, they announced. Now, they will be putting their small “buggy” vehicle onto real streets in Mountain View. The c...
    19 May 2015, by

    Yesterday I looked through the eyes of a robot
    Yesterday I looked through the eyes of a robot. It was a NAO robot fitted with a 3D printed set of goggles, so that the robot has two real cameras on its head (the eyes of the NAO robot are not in ...
    20 April 2015, by

    Issues in regulating robocars, and the case for a light hand
    All over the world, people (and governments) are debating about regulations for robocars. First for testing, and then for operation. It mostly began when Google encouraged the state of Nevada to write...
    04 March 2015, by

    Keep Calm and Carry Passengers: UK robocar projects level up
    The government-baked robocar projects in the UK are going full steam, with this press release from the UK government to accompany the unveiling of the prototype Lutz pod, which should ply the streets...
    13 February 2015, by

    Uber and Google are not breaking up quite yet
    After yesterday’s story about Uber and CMU, and a rumour about Google's plans to launch an Uber-like “ride share” service, a lot of speculation has flown that Uber will now be at odds with Goo...
    04 February 2015, by

    Robot caregivers: How much interaction with a robot is socially acceptable?
    With the continuous increase in life expectancy and the number of people aged 65+ on the rise, it is no wonder that many roboticists have been discussing the use of robot as companion/caregiver for e...
    28 January 2015, by

    Robocar parking
    In my earlier article on robocar challenges I gave very brief coverage to the issue of parking. Challenged on that, I thought it was time to expand. The world “parking” means many things, and the ...
    19 January 2015, by

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