By Natasha Lomas, 13 January 2010 11:16
Why are humans so fascinated by robots? Where is the UK's most innovative robotics research taking place? And how does the biology of the natural world inform robot design and engineering?
In this video interview, Noel Sharkey, professor of robotics and AI at the University of Sheffield, discusses developments in robotics - from the proliferation of robots in Japan's automotive industry to the stair-climbing dexterity of Honda's Asimo robot and beyond.
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1. tonyh
Love it. Fascinating.
2. Bethan Jones
The Asimo robot is amazing,
3. Socrates
A very interesting post with lots of interesting ideas and video footage.
In particular, the issue of "Arming AI" and using robots during the time of war to kill humans will be more and more hotly debated in the next several years as increasingly sophisticated robots will start taking increasing autonomous decisions about when and whether humans will die.
4. conrad
The robotic development that fascinates me is the Kiva warehouse system which might have a huge impact on warehousing. The company is growing very quickly.