Video Friday: SHEPARD Novel System for Safe Asteroid Capture
This is an animated depiction of the novel SHEPHERD spacecraft concept on a mission to gently stop a small asteroid from spinning.
Category: Robotics
Who’s to Blame When Artificial Intelligence Systems Go Wrong?
We’ve already started discussions around driverless cars, but there’s so much more to deal with when it comes to artificial intelligence.
Graphene Kirigami for Super Skin
Graphene kirigami based stretchable electrodes allow highly conformable or flexible electronics and sensors to be incorporated into synthetic skin or flesh.
Disruptive — Bioinspired Robots (Audio, 3 Parts)
Our bodies — and all living systems — accomplish tasks far more complex and dynamic than anything yet designed by humans.
Video Friday: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Robots, Trusting Technology
As artificial intelligence technology advances, a portion of our population cannot help but react with panic.
Ethical Relationships with Intelligent Technology
How do we relate to technology? How does it relate to us? These are important questions, particularly in light of the increasingly ubiquitous and often hidden roles that modern computing technology plays in our lives.
Hacking Medical Robots
University of Washington researchers show that state of the art teleoperated surgical robots can be hacked with a downloadable Python library.
Is Automation Making Us Stupid?
Automation is the process whereby any action, decision or function that was once performed by a human (or non-human animal) is taken over by a machine.
Robot Cars Still Need Human Drivers
Self-driving or “robot” cars are expected to revolutionize the automobile industry.
Posthuman Factors
Posthumans will necessarily push the boundaries of human factors, ergonomics, HCI (human computer interaction) and HRI (human robot interaction).