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‘World’s Most Dangerous Rivalry’ stoked by bowing Abe robot at CIROS
Frank Tobe
17 Jul 2015
The long-term rivalry between China and Japan, often characterised as the "World's Most Dangerous Rivalry," was exacerbated at the CIROS show held in Shanghai last week by a bowing Prime Minister Abe...
Study shows public perception of robotics generally positive in EU, but declining
Adriana Hamacher and Hallie Siegel
25 Jun 2015
A major study into European attitudes toward automation has found that while almost two thirds of people polled feel generally positive about robots, public acceptance of them in the EU is in dec...
WeRobot 2015 Panel 3: Robotics governance, with Peter Asaro, Jason Millar, Kirsten Thomasen and David Post
Tech Policy Lab University of Washington
23 Jun 2015
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What are the challenges facing governance and regulation of emerging robotic technologies? Peter Asaro of the New School, Jason Millar of Queen’s University, Kristen Thomasen of the Unive...
In the future, robots will be ubiquitous
Frank Tobe
20 Jun 2015
The July/August issue of Foreign Affairs magazine has a number of dispatches from the frontlines of the robotics revolution....
WeRobot 2015 Panel 2: Robot passports, with Anupam Chander
Tech Policy Lab University of Washington
11 Jun 2015
Anupam Chander’s paper, “Robots, the Internet of Things and the future of trade,” is the first effort to locate and analyze these complimentary technologies within an international trading frame...
Talking Machines: Neil Lawrence on privacy in the age of machine learning
Talking Machines
22 May 2015
In episode eleven we chat with Neil Lawrence from the University of Sheffield. We talk about the problems of privacy in the age of machine learning, and the responsibilities that come with using mach...
WeRobot 2015 Panel 1: Anthropomorphizing robots, with Kate Darling
Tech Policy Lab University of Washington
20 May 2015
As we increasingly create spaces where robotic technology interacts with humans, our tendency to project lifelike qualities onto robots raises questions around use and policy. In this We Robot 2015 pa...
Teaching robots to behave ethically
Bertram Malle and Footnote
05 May 2015
What should a robot nurse do when a cancer patient begs for more morphine but the supervising doctor is not available to approve the request? Should a self-driving car prevent its owner from taking ov...
Steffi Paepcke on Robots, women and design: Opportunities abound
Open Source Robotics Foundation
29 Apr 2015
This piece was written by Steffi Paepcke as a precursor to the Silicon Valley Robotics panel titled “Women in Robotics: Challenge or Opportunity?”
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Why Google’s robot personality patent isn’t what it appears to be
Mark Stephen Meadows
16 Apr 2015
[tweetquote]Google’s new patent: Less about creating robot personalities than collecting yours.[/tweetquote]...
The future of work: Robots, unions and globalization
Frank Tobe
08 Apr 2015
Last week Bloomberg News asked the question: What's destroying middle-class wages? and suggested three hypotheses: robots, unions and China.
This week SingularityHUB launched a series exploring th...
Peter Asaro: Challenges and approaches to developing policy for robots
CIS Blog
02 Apr 2015
As part of the Center for Information Technology Policy (CIPT) Luncheon speaker series, Peter Asaro gives a talk on developing policy for robots. ...
Should a care robot bring an alcoholic a drink? It depends on who owns the robot
Open Roboethics Initiative
24 Feb 2015
In a care scenario, a robot may have been purchased by the patient, by the doctor or hospital (which sent it home with the patient to monitor their health), or by a concerned family member who wants t...
FAA regulations draw inspiration from Canada, but miss key aspect
Diana Marina Cooper
19 Feb 2015
Various aspects of the anticipated proposed small UAS (sUAS) regulations that were released by the FAA draw inspiration from Canada’s approach to regulation. In fact, the FAA provides a handy compar...
Summary of the FAA’s proposed drone regulations
Diana Marina Cooper
19 Feb 2015
This past Sunday the FAA held a conference call to announce its highly anticipated small UAS (sUAS) regulations. Sunday morning might strike as odd timing, however it’s likely that the timing had t...
Maybe we need an automation tax
Alan Winfield
18 Feb 2015
Imagine that a large company decides to significantly increase the level of automation at one of its facilities. A facility that currently employs a substantial number of men and women doing relativel...
Small UAV coalition applauds the FAA’s release of the proposed suas rule as a good first step for industry
the Small UAV Coaltion
15 Feb 2015
The Small UAV Coalition is very pleased the FAA has at long last published its proposed small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) rule. At this time the proposed rule has not been made available to the pub...
Possible Leaked FAA Document Provides Hints Regarding Proposed Rulemaking for sUAS
Diana Marina Cooper
15 Feb 2015
A new document purporting to be prepared by the FAA Office of Aviation Policy and Plans provides hints regarding the anticipated proposed small UAS (sUAS) regulations. The possible leaked document is ...
Should ownership influence the decision-making of a care robot?
Open Roboethics Initiative
11 Feb 2015
For the past few months, the Open Roboethics initiative have been exploring the topic of care robots. During one of our meetings, we got into a discussion about whether the ownership of a robot sho...
Americans okay with police drones, worried about private UAVs | Sputnik
CIS Blog
11 Feb 2015
A new poll shows surprising opinions about the domestic use of small drones. Who should be allowd to fly them, where, and for what purpose? According to the results, Americans may be more trusting of ...
Robot caregivers: How much interaction with a robot is socially acceptable?
Open Roboethics Initiative
28 Jan 2015
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...
Robotics needs to get political
Alan Winfield
27 Jan 2015
A couple of weeks ago I was a panelist on a public debate at the 2014 Battle of Ideas. The title of the debate was The robots are coming: friends or foes? with a focus not on the technology but the ...
Obama connects robots to jobs in State of the Union address
Hallie Siegel
22 Jan 2015
US President Barack Obama linked robots and jobs in his sixth State of the Union address this Tuesday. The State of the Union Address is usually delivered annually by the President in a joint sessio...
$87 million in European robotic projects funded
Frank Tobe
20 Jan 2015
The EU has co-funded 17 new robotics-related projects under Horizon 2020, the mechanism that the European Commission is using to stimulate the region's global competitiveness in technical innovation...
Transport Canada’s position on indoor and tethered drone operations
Diana Marina Cooper
19 Jan 2015
In November, Transport Canada issued Staff Instruction 623-001, which provides guidance on the review and processing of Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) applications. Among the issues addr...
European Commission reveals details of proposed cuts to science | Science
Hallie Siegel
16 Jan 2015
A controversial plan to use research funds to pay for economic stimulusbecame more concrete this week, as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled proposed legislation to implement t...
Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI beneficial | The Future of Life Institute
Hallie Siegel
15 Jan 2015
Elon Musk, creator of Tesla and SpaceX, has decided to donate $10M to the Future of Life Institute to run a global research program aimed at keeping AI beneficial to humanity.
There is now a broad ...
FAA issues waivers for real estate and agricultural UAVs
Frank Tobe
14 Jan 2015
The FAA granted two exemptions for commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems in U.S. airspace for real estate and agricultural crop scouting. But all is not as rosy as it appears....
Slow down that runaway ethical trolley
Bryant Walker Smith
13 Jan 2015
The runaway trolley has chased automated motor vehicles into the new year.
In early 2012, I raised a variation of the classic thought experiment to argue that there is not always a single absolu...
Pics everywhere: Top 2014 robot pictures
Frank Tobe
05 Jan 2015
This is the time when many suggest their list of top 2014 robotic pictures in various settings. Drones, humanoids, telepresence, home robots, vacuums, toys and robotic camel jockeys! Good recaps and ...
From literature to living rooms: Perceptions of robots in society
Diana Marina Cooper
18 Dec 2014
As drones have become increasingly accessible, media outlets have been preoccupied with news stories that fuel our fears about the prospect of privacy invasion and physical harm. Although drones have ...
Robo-Wars: The regulation of robotic weapons
Alexander Leveringhaus and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
05 Dec 2014
Robotic weapons, whether autonomous or remote controlled, have generated widespread controversy in recent years.
Alex Leveringhaus, James Martin Fellow, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed ...
Transport Canada releases new framework for governing UAV operations
Diana Marina Cooper
28 Nov 2014
Earlier this month, Transport Canada announced that commercial operators will soon be able to benefit from two exemptions from the general Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) requirement. Tod...
Japan’s new robotics push: Funding and deregulation
Frank Tobe
25 Nov 2014
In June, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he wanted to treble the market for robots in Japan to $22 billion by 2020. Last month, the government launched a "robot revolution realization council...
Readers optimistic about role of robots as care assistants for seniors
Open Roboethics Initiative
25 Nov 2014
Developing robots that are capable of taking care of seniors is the goal of an increasing number of robotics companies. While there are many economic and social factors to encourage this trend, the ...
Small UAV Coalition urges FAA to focus on regulations that enable domestic UAV innovation
Michael Drobac and the Small UAV Coaltion
20 Nov 2014
[tweetquote]Recent court cases distract from timely and safe integration of small UAVs.[/tweetquote]...
