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Robots could free human carers to focus on the more personal parts of the job.
Will nurses eventually be replaced by robots? Nurses themselves need to engage with the ongoing technological revolution in healthcare - to shape the future of the profession.
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Pain is something everyone experiences. This episode of The Anthill podcast explores how and why it works in our brains, what kinds of drugs are being developed to reduce pain, and whether or not robots of the future should be built so that they experience pain.
Welcome to your future.
Robots are a twin-edged sword. Used badly, they may one day perpetrate genocide and war crimes. Used well, they can prevent them.
Jobs are not created or lost because of a single technology, but because of the business models designed to leverage the power of it.
When it comes to robotics, the future is not two-legged.
The development of robots’ capacities and their increasing presence in companies isn’t just a matter of technology. It also profoundly changes the strategies, structures and human skills required.
The rise of robots and new technology threatens to take over many jobs, but just how many is still up for debate.
An expert in artificial intelligence believes we’re not ready for the challenges posed by Saudi Arabia granting a robot citizenship. Key questions about robot identity and rights remain unanswered.
The quest to create a robot that is indistinguishable from humans has become all-consuming for some scientists, engineers and technicians. The consequences could be both beneficial and catastrophic.
As artificial intelligence technology becomes more capable, it threatens more types of jobs – like lawyers, bureaucrats and managers. What social upheaval will happen if those people can’t find work?
A new productivity report has suggested automated dispensing machines could replace pharmacists.
Why do roboticists dream of electric women?
How culture can inform technological innovations.
The automation wave is coming for computer programmers – up to a point.
Science fiction prepares us to deal with certain technologies as they arise in the real world.
The relationship between corporations, machines and humans defines modern life in ways that Ridley Scott – even in his wildest dreams – couldn’t have imagined.
Soft robotics could help move us closer to more human-like robots.
Top contributors
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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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Leverhulme Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge