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09
Mrz

Join our Workshops at the European Robotics Forum next week!

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Next week, we will be organizing three workshops at the European Robotics Forum in Tampere:   „Solving problems like corruption or crime by the means of robotics“ Tuesday, March 13th, 8:30 am – 10:00 am   „Legislation vs. selfregulation – how to shape the future of robotics?“ Thursday, March 15th, 10:45 am – 12:15 pm […]

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17
Jan

Interesting read

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https://www.wired.com/story/job-alert-how-would-you-like-to-babysit-robots/

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02
Dez

Intergenerational Justice: a definition

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Intergenerational justice = the needs of the current generation should be met without compromising the needs and prospects of future generations. (Brundtland, G. H., and Khalid, M. „Our common future”. New York, 1987)

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01
Dez

In the next five to 10 years, AI is going to deliver so many improvements in the quality of our lives.

- Mark Zuckerberg


30
Nov

Save the Date: European Robotics Forum 2018

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We are currently planning the workshops on self-regulation and the Robot Manifesto for the next European Robotics Forum (13-15 March 2018, Tampere, Finland). Save the date!

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22
Nov

ROBOT2017 in Sevilla

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We presented our latest paper on „Robotic Governance: a Literature Review and Research Agenda“ at the ROBOT2017 conference in Sevilla (Spain) this evening. It will soon be published in Springer as well as on the Robotic Governance website. Thank you for the great discussion!

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01
Okt

Roboethics: A Definition

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Roboethics = ethics in robotics (Veruggio, 2006). Ethics = a subfield of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

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03
Jun

The robot as a moral agent

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In the literature, it is distinguished between potential threats arising from the robot itself, from the hardware, that could be used for example to commit a crime, like filming things without permission – and on the other hand, there is Artificial Intelligence, which could mean that the machine develops a personality, a free will, and […]

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05
Jan

The first laws for robots

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The first one who regulated robotics is of course Isaak Asimov. But still, as brilliant as his laws  are, some argue that most of the current approaches to create guidelines for roboethics as well as robot laws are based mainly on Asimov’s laws and that these are not reaching far enough. They are formulated in […]

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