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How will robots shape the future of warfare?
Updated March 17, 2013 | This month we've asked our experts to weigh in on the future of robotics in warfare, and the broadness of this topic has prompted some of our panelists to push back and reques...
15 March 2013, by
RBI Editors
Active military robots around the world
This is a brief presentation of some of the most widely used robots (or remotely controlled, semi-autonomous systems) from militaries around the world. There are numerous other projects that are curre...
15 March 2013, by
Ioannis K. Erripis
Robohub focus: Robots and warfare
For the rest of this week, Robohub will have a special focus on the use of robots in warfare.
All kinds of robots are being developed for strategic defence and military action (in space, in the...
13 March 2013, by
Hallie Siegel
Mark Tilden on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
Robot machines have been shaping the future of war since the first siege engines appeared in ancient times (I like to think the Trojan Horse was motorized). Now with technology significantly exten...
13 March 2013, by
Mark Tilden
Raffaello D’Andrea on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
How will robots shape the future of war? I don’t know. I think that the more important question, however, is: what role should robots have in warfare?
In my answer I have tried (as much as is h...
13 March 2013, by
Raffaello D'Andrea
Giving rights to robots, with Kate Darling
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In this episode, we talk with Kate Darling from the MIT Media Lab, about giving rights to social robots. She tells us about a recent Pleo torture session she organized at...
08 March 2013, by
Podcast team
Drone filibuster delays US Senate’s vote on new CIA director
A US Senate vote to confirm John Brennan as CIA director was delayed by a 13-hour talking filibuster by junior Republican Senator Rand Paul.
US President Barack Obama has faced criticism in hi...
07 March 2013, by
Hallie Siegel
The death of search (or, My dysfunctional relationship with Siri)
This article looks at the arrival of systems such as Siri, Google Now, and Watson and claims that these systems are the search engines of the next decade because they mine intimate data. Since they ...
06 March 2013, by
Mark Stephen Meadows
MotherboardTV documentary on drones
http://youtu.be/kwkxx84wXNo
This video, by MotherboardTV, was posted on YouTube in early December, but, at just over 50,000 views, it hasn't yet reached the audience it deserves.
Not knowing muc...
09 February 2013, by
John Payne
Losing Humanity: The case against killer robots
Released yesterday by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, the report Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots (herein: the report) and associated press release and video (below), w...
20 November 2012, by
Mike Hamer
Digital cultures, with Chris Chesher
Link to audio file (34:22)In today’s episode we speak with Chris Chesher about how he views the emergence of robotics. He brings a new and interesting perspective as his approach mixes science and ...
16 November 2012, by
Podcast team
Isaac Asimov explains his three laws of robotics
For those of you who aren't familiar with Asimov's Laws of Robotics: First Law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.See on io9.com...
06 November 2012, by
Andra Keay
Kate Darling on robot rights
Should we extend legal rights to social robots?.
See on io9.com...
16 September 2012, by
Andra Keay
A Frank Review of the movie ‘Robot & Frank’
My friends have been kidding me for months about the movie Robot & Frank (because my name is Frank, I've got gray hair, and I'm way into robots -- I research, edit and publish The Robot Report and...
07 September 2012, by
Frank Tobe
Hizook on video ethics in robotics research
Last Monday (July 2nd), Hizook posted a thoughtful piece, Being Honest in Robot Videos: Motion Capture, Speedup Rates, and Teleoperation, which covers even more ground than its title suggests. The art...
08 July 2012, by
John Payne
The future of robot companions, with Paolo Dario
Link to audio file (29:34)In this interview recorded at the Robotdalen Robotics Innovation Challenge, Professor Paolo Dario talks to Per about 3 conceptual waves of innovation, starting with industria...
18 May 2012, by
Podcast team
History and outlook, with George Bekey and Rodney Brooks
Link to audio file (56:00)In today’s episode we speak with two authorities in robotics, George Bekey and Rodney Brooks about the last 50 years of robotics, the ongoing robot revolution and futur...
06 April 2012, by
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The law, with Ryan Calo
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This episode focuses on the legal and ethical implications of robotics. Ryan Calo from the Stanford Law School discusses the big impact of liability legislation on the prog...
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Robot ethics (Part 2), with Ronald Arkin
Link to audio file (39:09)This episode closes a two-part special looking at ethical issues in robotics. Given the broad and controversial nature of this topic, we speak with two world-renowned experts...
27 February 2009, by
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Robot ethics (Part 1), with Noel Sharkey
Link to audio file (44:17)In this episode we start a two-part special looking at ethical issues in robotics. Given the broad and controversial nature of this topic, we will speak with two world-renown...
13 February 2009, by
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Human-robot love, with David Levy and Kathleen Richardson
Link to audio file (47:22)In this episode we look at a subject that doesn’t always come to mind when you think of robots: love and relationships. Our first guest David Levy is the author of the ...
30 January 2009, by
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