Robot Ethics: Personal Perspectives

Panel Discussion

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Wednesday, 24 June 2015
18:24 - 18:24
Duration: 20 mins
Publication date: 10 Jul 2015
Location: NA, Science Museum, London, United Kingdom
Part of event Robot Ethics: Personal Perspectives

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Panel Discussion:

Professor Alan Winfield

Professor Tony Prescott

Dr Kathleen Richardson

Keywords:: ethics

human

mechatronics

relationship

robot

robotics

robots

therapeutic

tpn

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Alan FT Winfield

UWE Bristol, & visiting prof.University of York, Prof. of Electronic Engineering & Director of the Scie

Alan Winfield is Professor of Electronic Engineering and Director of the Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He conducts research in cognitive robotics in the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and is especially interested in robots as working models of life, evolution, intelligence and culture. Alan is passionate about communicating science and technology. His latest book, Robotics: A Very Short Introduction, was published by Oxford University Press in September 2012, and he blogs about robots, open science and related topics at http://alanwinfield.blogspot.com/
Kathleen Richardson

De Montfort University, CCSR, Senior Research Fellow in the Ethics of Robotics

Kathleen Richardson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Ethics of Robotics at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR), at De Montfort University, Leicester. Kathleen completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge where she carried out research in robotics labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has held fellowships at University College London and the University of Cambridge. Kathleen is currently a researcher on a European project developing robots for children with autism spectrum conditions and author of An Anthropology of Robots and AI: Annihilation Anxiety and Machines (Routledge 2015). Links: CCSR http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/technology/centre-for-computing-and-social-responsibility/ccsr-home.aspxKathleen Richardson http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/technology/kathleen-richardson/kathleen-richardson.aspxAn Anthropology of Robots and AI: Annihilation Anxiety and Machines http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138831742/
Tony Prescott

Univ of Sheffield & Director of Sheffield Robotics, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

Tony Prescott is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Director of Sheffield Robotics, a research institute across both Universities in Sheffield with over one hundred active researchers. From a background that encompasses both Psychology and Artificial Intelligence, his research has focused on developing biomimetic robots that are controlled by programs that simulate the brain. He is currently researching whether robots could have a sense of self and is involved in ongoing projects to develop a companion robot pet and an intelligent table. He has written and spoken extensively about the potential benefits and risks of robotics and AI technologies, and has advocated developing assistive robots to help people maintain their independence as they age.

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