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Ability to do creative, non-routine work will be a must in the coming automation era. Is this realistic for most workers?
There can be no doubt that technological progress has resulted in a far more prosperous society. Technology has often disrupted entire industries and, in some cases — as with the mechanization of ag...
13 April 2013, by
Martin Ford
There is no war other than the one we are fighting with ourselves
Just five years ago, anybody who spoke of technological unemployment was labeled a luddite, a techno-utopian, or just simply someone who doesn’t understand economics. Today things are very different...
13 April 2013, by
Federico Pistono
Robots and the economy: Red herrings, or canaries in a coal mine?
Recent economic trends are perplexing. Corporate profits are up. Productivity is up. Jobs and pay for the average worker have crashed, and are recovering slower than in any other decade on record. ...
13 April 2013, by
Matt Beane
Do industrial robots really have a positive impact on employment?
Do industrial robots really have a positive impact on employment? Of course they do and there are over 50 years of data proving that to be the case....
12 April 2013, by
Frank Tobe
Jobs for roboticists
During my Master studies in computer science, I had the opportunity to spend a year at Carnegie Mellon University in the USA. Most of my classes there were about robotics, I got to participate in Robo...
11 April 2013, by
Sabine Hauert
Noel Sharkey: Ban the killer robots before it’s too late | CNN
As wars become increasingly automated, we must ask ourselves how far we want to delegate responsibility to machines. Where do we want to draw the line?
Noel Sharkey on CNN....
03 April 2013, by
Hallie Siegel
VLAB: Drones – The commercial era takes off, but breaking the law is going to blow-up in our faces
Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending VLAB: Drones – The Commercial Era Takes Off at Stanford GSB. The event was truly fantastic and the panel was amazing. The moderator was Chris Anderson,...
26 March 2013, by
Robert Morris
Alone together with man’s new best friend | NPR Technology Podcast
In the latest (March 20th) episode of NPR's Technology Podcast, the first two segments are devoted to addressing the questions “Are We Plugged-In, Connected, But Alone?” and “Will Man's Best Fri...
21 March 2013, by
John Payne
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
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
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
Volare robotics challenge, robot helpers for ISS competition by ESA
ESA is organizing the first robotic competition on a mock-up of the International Space Station (ISS). The competition is open for young people from ESA member states who can compete in three age grou...
27 February 2013, by
Ioannis K. Erripis
Nicola Tomatis on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
I would like to start from the other side: "Why is robotics great in creating new technologies and poor in creating new businesses?". Well, someone may disagree, but I really think that robotics is gr...
15 February 2013, by
Nicola Tomatis
Frank Tobe on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Funding new robotic projects in America is mostly done two different ways:
(1) strategic funding from NASA, DARPA, DoD, NSF and other government organizations to do the pure science involved in sol...
15 February 2013, by
Frank Tobe
RobotsLab launches BOX at TCEA 2013
We all know that robots are the gateway to STEM education, so what's not to love about getting 4 robots in a box, complete with lessons preloaded on a tablet. As both the US and UK undergo core curric...
06 February 2013, by
Andra Keay
Samsung launch accelerator and $1.1 billion in funds
Samsung today offered hope to robot startups with the launch of its new Catalyst Fund, a $100 million commitment to the development of components, subsystems and disruptive technology. This is almost ...
05 February 2013, by
Andra Keay
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Demining and defusing, with Frédéric Guerne and Paul Bosscher
Link to audio file (46:31)In this episode we speak with Frédéric Guerne, director of Digger DTR, and with Paul Bosscher, chief robotics engineer at Harris Corp., about robots which assist us in demi...
15 July 2011, by
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