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Laws against surreptitiously recording someone extend to home devices like robot vacuums, but those recordings can still be used against you in court.
Why do some people perceive a robot as ‘creepy’ while others don’t? It seems our response to these increasingly common non-human companions is highly subjective.
The People’s Liberation Army called for researchers to accelerate progress on building humanoid robots designed for military uses.
Athletic feats are impressive, but useful robots must be able to adapt, recover from mistakes and handle the unexpected.
A robot may resemble a person, but it does not experience sport in the way humans
do.
As robots enter social care, Ann Droid raises a bigger question: can machines ease loneliness without replacing human connection?
People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.
A rural district in New York state has made global headlines for plans to introduce a humanoid robot into high school classrooms as a teaching assistant.
According to one study, 75% of respondents believe chatbots are conscious.
In tests, AI robot systems easily rejected directly malicious commands. But their safety filters collapsed when creative writing was used to instruct them.
A new review on exoskeleton therapy for cerebral palsy reports some promising findings.
Bees may have tiny brains but they can make rapid and accurate choices.
Japan has long been the global leader in the development and deployment of care robots.
The real opportunity is not to build robot champions, but to better understand human performance.
The robot, called Ace, held its own against elite players of the sport.
The recent capture of a Russian position using ground robots is a milestone for the use of machines in warfare.
Robots have a growing role on the battlefield – but for the immediate future, they are more likely to support the fight than lead it.
With robust governance frameworks, AI-enabled technologies have the potential to make high-risk workplaces safer.
A robot butler sounds like a nice idea, but the technology has its drawbacks.
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor, Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology
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Reader in Autonomous Intelligent Robotics, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Computer Science, Edinburgh Napier University
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Lecturer in Digital Media and Cultures, The University of Queensland
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Researcher in Artificial Intelligence Regulation, Australian National University
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Associate professor, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Orthopaedic Research, Queensland University of Technology
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