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What are the biggest barriers in keeping society up to date with robotic advancements?

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  • Duration: 1 min
  • Publication date: 11 Jan 2018
  • Part of series International Robotics Showcase

Abstract

Robotics have advanced so much over the past 20 years but how aware of these developments is society? The IET asked a few experts for their thoughts and here are their answers.  

Join in the discussion online www.theiet.org/robotics

Keywords:
  • AI
  • algorithm
  • healthcare
  • prosthetic
  • rehabilitation
  • robotics
  • robots
  • soft robot
  • surgeon
  • surgery
  • technology
  • transport

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Speakers

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    Professor Guan - Zhong Yang

    Imperial College London, Dept of Computing

  • BN

    Bilal Nasser

    University of Nottingham, Research Fellow

  • TP

    Professor Tony Prescott

    Sheffield Robotics, Director

  • JK

    Dr Jelizaveta Konstantinova

    Queen Mary University, Postdoctoral Research Assistant

  • BN

    Bilal Nasser

    University of Nottingham, Research Fellow

  • JK

    Dr Jelizaveta Konstantinova

    Queen Mary University, Postdoctoral Research Assistant

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