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Interview
  • Session
  • Friday, 01 July 2016
  • 09:1 - 09:1
  • Duration: 2 mins
  • Publication date: 29 Jul 2016
  • Location: NA, Savoy Place, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event International Robotics Showcase

About the session

Friday, 1st July saw the culmination of the first UK Robotics week at the International Robotics Showcase event held at IET London: Savoy Place. With an amazing line-up of speakers and exhibitors from UK, Europe, Korea, Singapore, Japan, USA to name a few, covering diverse subjects such as autonomous vehicles, unmanned systems in extreme environments, robotics and space exploration missions, future of automation in manufacturing, next generation exoskeletons, biorobotics, the robotics challenge of Korea and emerging robotic nations and what the next 25 years in medical robots may bring us. We took the opportunity to ask some of the speakers and exhibitors some questions about what current and future issues in robotics. 

Keywords:
  • autonomy
  • care industry
  • electronic
  • engineering
  • robot assisted
  • robotics
  • technology

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Speakers

  • SI

    Dr Simon

    King's College London, Informatics

  • PD

    Paul Doyle

    Access research & Dev Manager

  • TP

    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.
  • AY

    Andrew Young

    HK Science & Technology Parks, Chief Commercial Officer

  • CS

    Ciaran Sanford

    IMEE

  • PV

    Dr Pietro Valdastri

    University of Leeds, Robotics & Autonomous Systems

  • MC

    Dr Maria Chiara Carrozza

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