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The University of Pretoria’s Dr Hanlie Smuts and Dr Lizette Weilbach discuss how to address ethical day-to-day work dilemmas.

The Belgian philosopher says policy-makers should consult experts when regulating new technologies, but must also take into account the rights and concerns of citizens

Robots are already carrying out tasks in clinics, classrooms and warehouses. Designing robots that are more receptive to human needs could help make them more useful in many contexts.

In an excerpt from "Robot Ethics," professor Mark Coeckelbergh examines how self-driving cars would decide which humans to save

When it comes to trust, people like their robots to have human expressions – just not too human.

With advances in technology, robots and artificial intelligence have increasingly more sophisticated encounters with humans.

The state of the art in robotics and artificial intelligence continues to advance at an accelerating clip, surprising experts and futurists. Increasingly complex and in telligent machines are changing the texture of human life as they are insinuated into more spheres of activity, from manufacturing to law enforcement to stock trading. Military applications have historically been one of the greatest drivers of innovation. We can trace the history of warfighting—and especially its recent histor...

In the 2012 film “Robot and Frank”, the protagonist, a retired cat burglar named Frank, is suffering the early symptoms of dementia. Concerned and guilty, his son buys him a “home robot” that can talk, do household chores like cooking and cleaning, and reminds Frank to take his medicine. It’s a robot the likes of which we’re getting closer to building in the real world. The film follows Frank, who is initially appalled by the idea of living with a robot, as he gradually begins to s...

And makes them much happier. kathleen richardson is a researcher in robot ethics at the university of leicester shes launched a campaign against sex robots in the hope of stopping their development. they dont give a sense of people. a link connected or being a relationship there just objects that have become automated so even if you got this moving dog sitting next to you youre actually by yourself and so these people are promoting a technology. that is going to increase human isolation if it ta...