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Roboethics: a bottom-up interdisciplinary discourse in the field of applied ethics in robotics
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This paper deals with the birth of Roboethics. Roboethics is the ethics inspiring the design, development and employment of Intelligent Machines. Roboethics shares manysensitive areas with Computer Ethics, Information Ethics and Bioethics. It investigates the social and
Implementing a robotics curriculum in an early childhood Montessori classroom
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This paper explores how robotics can be used as a new educational tool in a Montessori early education classroom. It presents a case study of one early educators experience of designing and implementing a robotics curriculum integrated with a social science unit in
Evolutionary robotics at Sussex
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We give an overview of evolutionary robotics research at Sussex. We explain and justify our distinctive approaches to (artificial) evolution, and to the nature of robot control systems that are evolved. We illustrate by presenting results from research with evolved controllers for
Robotics in education initiatives in europe-status, shortcomings and open questions
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For more than a decade now robotics in education has gained a lot of attention from teachers, researchers, politicians, authorities and other stake holders. During the years a great number of methodologies, courses, projects, initiatives and competitions had been
Robotics Across the Curriculum.
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We describe a comprehensive program using educational robotics as a hands-on, constructionist learning environment, integrated into teaching across the undergraduate computer science curriculum. Five courses are described in detail. For the three courses
Surgical robotics
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Accurate knowledge of biomechanical characteristics of tissues is essential for developing realistic computer-based surgical simulators incorporating haptic feedback, as well as for the design of surgical robots and tools. Most past and current biomechanical research is
Robotics -based obstacle-avoidance systems for the blind and visually impaired
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This article presents two novel travel aids for blind pedestrians. The two computerized devices are based on advanced mobile robotics obstacle avoidance technologies. The first aid the NavBelt is worn by the user like a belt and is equipped with an array of ultrasonic
A review of automation and robotics for the bio-industry
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Automation technology research in agriculture is proliferating throughout the globe. There are several trends that drive the application of automation technology in agriculture. Firstly, by the year 204 the world population is projected to increase to 9 billion souls. There will
Cloud robotics : Towards context aware robotic networks
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This paper proposes an approach for an automated system composed by mobile robots and a smart-room following service oriented architecture, aiming to undertake complex and heavily computational tasks to aid the user in the execution of determined tasks. The
Robotics
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This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitations, broad- casting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication Space exploration, deep-sea mining, prosthetics, manufacturing-these are just a few of the potential applications of sensory-based robotics , a field that provides a growingintellectual challenge to researchers interested in developing the specialized equipment and
Technological prayers: parents and children exploring robotics and values
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When children are young they ask all sorts of questions: why is the sky blue, where does God live, how do cars work, why do people fight. The curiosity of the child does not make a distinction between disciplines. Children are little humanists, little engineers, little
Robotics and automation in construction [Guest Editors]
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RD fields in the robotics and automation community. Nevertheless, the construction industry is one of the oldest and largest economic sectors. The construction industrys contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) in industrialized countries is about 7-10
Automating activity-based interventions: The role of robotics .
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We have seen a continued growth of robotic devices being tested in neurorehabilitation settings over the last decade, with the primary goal to improve upper-and lowermotor function in individuals following stroke, spinal cord injury, and other neurological conditions
Artificial intelligence and robotics and their impact on the workplace
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The IBA Global Employment Institute (GEI) was formed in early 2010 for the purpose of developing a global and strategic approach to the main legal issues regarding human resources for multinationals and worldwide institutions. In addition to regularly updating
PKM Research-important issues, as seen from a product development perspective at ABB robotics
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In spite of the high performance potential for manipulator structures based on parallel kinematics, this technology has not yet made any big impact on industrial automation. However, there is an interesting trend towards the use of general purpose industrial robots
Mission planner for agricultural robotics
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this work has been to develop a planning framework aimed at identifying and structuring the supplemental planning efforts of autonomous field operations as compared with traditional machinery management. This includes methodological and
Soft robotics the next industrial revolution
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The robot dance has, since its inception in 196 been a caricature of how robots move. Its imitation of the series of precise, linear motions with abrupt starts and stops is instantly recognizable. Despite a certain wavering in its popularity, it remains part of modern culture
Recasting robotics challenges as experiments
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Jim Firby [from Balch and Yanco 200 http://www. aaai. org/ojs/index. php/aimagazine/article/view/1603/1502] Challenge and competition events in robotics provide an excellent vehicle for advancing the state of the art and evaluating new algorithms
Robotics sound-source localization and tracking using interaural time difference and cross-correlation
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Interaural Time Difference (ITD) is used in the mammalian auditory system to compute the angle of incidence of an acoustic sound-source on the horizontal plane. This paper describes how ITD can be incorporated into a robotic acoustic tracking system to enable the CSE PROJECTS