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    Should we let robots take our jobs? | DNews
    “In a recent interview, the co-founder of Google discussed how he thinks people shouldn't work so much, and we start having robots do most of the work! Should robots be taking our jobs? Laci dis...
    13 July 2014, by

    Amazon seeks FAA permission to test drones outdoors near Seattle
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is seeking permission from U.S. regulators to test its delivery drones near Seattle, as part of a rapid expansion of a program that has sparked widespread deba...
    13 July 2014, by

    Facebook – Our ffriendly automated identity bender
    I like Star Wars. I like technology. I like philosophy. I like teaching. I like the occasional meme. I like robots. I like a lot of things. But if I were to give an accurate account of the things t...
    11 July 2014, by

    Building Social Robots: The Journey of Pleo
    Building a robot company is difficult, very difficult. It requires unwavering belief in yourself, in your idea, in your team and ultimately in your product. But it is also one of the most thrilling ex...
    11 July 2014, by and

    Reader poll: How should an autonomous car optimize crashes?
    Photo by Roland Dobbins, Wikimedia A couple of months ago Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, wrote an article on autonomous...
    08 July 2014, by

    How do you want to interface with your autonomous car? Poll results
    Those of you who watched the 80’s TV series “Knight Rider” might remember the dialogue between Michael Knight and its super-car, KITT. Some of you might be more familiar with scenes between “J...
    07 July 2014, by



    FAA Will Miss UAS/NAS Integration Deadline | UAS Vision
    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in danger of missing a Congressionally mandated deadline for expanding the use of non military UAS in the US, according to a report that was conducted by t...
    03 July 2014, by

    My (autonomous) car, my safety: Results from our reader poll
    You are travelling along a single lane mountain road in an autonomous car that is approaching a narrow tunnel. You are the only passenger of the car....
    30 June 2014, by

    Autonomous vehicles: A powerful tool if you can get the problem right
    “When the American people, through their Congress, voted for a twenty-six-billion-dollar highway program, the most charitable thing to assume is that they hadn’t the faintest notion of what they w...
    25 June 2014, by

    Reader poll: How would you like to interface with your autonomous car?
    We interact with gadgets and devices everyday … some have blinking lights, some play sounds, and some can even decipher our voice commands. When it comes to interfacing with a device as exciting an...
    24 June 2014, by

    If death by autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die? Reader poll results
    Image credit: Craig Berry Life and death decisions make interesting thought experiments. When you throw an autonomous car into the mix, things get even more interesting....
    23 June 2014, by

    How important is the FAA’s first commercial licence approval?
    On June 10th, the FAA issued a press release announcing their approval of the first commercial UAS flight over land. According to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, this represented an "important ...
    16 June 2014, by

    An ethical dilemma: When robot cars must kill, who should pick the victim?
    Image credit: Craig Berry We are moving closer to having driverless cars on roads everywhere, and naturally, people are starting to wonder what kinds of ethical challenges driverless cars will pose. ...
    11 June 2014, by

    Reader poll: If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
    Image source: Karora via Wikipedia. There may be times when an accident or a death is unavoidable while an autonomous car is controlling the wheel. What should an autonomous car do when such ...
    10 June 2014, by

    Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed? Results from our reader poll
    Our previous poll, which asked (among other questions) whether kids should be allowed to ride in autonomous vehicles by themselves, revealed that responsibility is a key issue for most people. Are we ...
    09 June 2014, by

    Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo recap
    "sUSB Expo 2014 showed signs of a maturing drone industry," said Antoine Martin of Unmanned Vehicle Systems Consulting. The sold-out 2nd annual sUSB Expo 2014, held in San Francisco earlier this ...
    29 May 2014, by

    Reader Poll: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?
    We conducted two polls last month in collaboration with the Open Roboethics initiative to get a sense of what people think about autonomous cars. Our polls started some interesting discussions arou...
    27 May 2014, by

    Kids with wheels: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ autonomous cars?
    Share your opinion and take our next reader poll: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?Reader poll results: Earlier this month, when we asked people about your general thoughts on autonomous c...
    26 May 2014, by
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    RoboRoach, with Bill Reith and Oliver Bendel

    In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Bill Reith, an engineer at Backyard Brains. The company develops RoboRoach, the world’s first commercially available “cyborg”, which was successfully ...
    16 May 2014, by

    Ron Arkin and Noel Sharkey debate lethal autonomous weapons at UN
    The Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) is currently underway at the United Nations in Geneva to discuss questions relating to emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons syst...
    14 May 2014, by

    Reader poll: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ an autonomous car?
    Image from Wikimedia Commons Two weeks ago we published our first reader poll in collaboration with the Open Roboethics initiative in order to find out more about what people think about autono...
    13 May 2014, by

    What do people think about autonomous cars? Results from our reader poll
    What do people think are the main advantages of owning an autonomous car? Do people think autonomous cars should be easily identifiable? How much money are people willing to pay for an autonomous car ...
    12 May 2014, by

    Is surveillance the new business model for consumer robotics?
    A discussion with Ryan Calo on Google, your personal data, and the consumer robotics market Can someone tell me: What's Google doing, making robots? Or at least: What is it doing, making such acqui...
    06 May 2014, by

    What should a robot do? Designing robots that know right from wrong
    A large robot comes out of an office mailroom carrying a package marked “Urgent” to deliver to the boss upstairs. After navigating down the hall at maximum speed, it discovers someone is already w...
    29 April 2014, by and

    Reader poll: What do you think about autonomous cars?
    Today we drive our cars. In the future they’ll do the driving. Autonomous cars are no longer a far-off futuristic dream, but something that we can expect to see on the road within the next dec...
    29 April 2014, by

    Make it smart; make it here!
    Make it smart and make it here! These are the rallying words heard around the world regarding keeping jobs in-country and manufacturing smarter, more efficiently, and less costly....
    28 April 2014, by

    Taxes pay for robots, but robots don’t pay taxes | The Globe and Mail
    It used to be that governments could justify auto industry handouts on the basis of the steady stream of tax revenues they would pocket from all those workers hired to assemble cars. But labour is a s...
    14 April 2014, by

    Drone crashes could cause headaches and lawsuits | NBC
    A drone fell from the sky during a triathlon in western Australia, resulting in an injury to a runner and raising questions about who is legally responsible when an unmanned aerial vehicle comes crash...
    09 April 2014, by

    Transportation 2025 and beyond: Discussion with Rodney Slater
    In this discussion moderated by Stanford's Bryant Walker Smith, the Honorable Rodney Slater talks about the opportunities, challenges and best pathways for successful transportation innovation and pol...
    09 April 2014, by

    As human laws grapple with robots, there are no easy answers | Ars Technica
    Internet law defined the vanguard of cyberlaw issues in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but Ryan Calo argues that the next wave of legal showdowns will relate to robotics, which have an altogether dif...
    07 April 2014, by

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