2022 ORI Learning Hubs: Filling the Gap in Undergraduate AI Ethics Discourse
As students, we’re surrounded by the ever-growing use of technology. From social media platforms to the digitization of healthcare, we are constantly seeing the adoption of AI, without fully knowing or understanding how they impact our lives. AI has always
Second Roboethics Competition: What can a robot fetch for you?
ICRA 2022 just got started and this year the second Roboethics Competition will take place as part of this conference! This year, the competition received five submissions representing participants from Canada, United Kingdom, and the United States, demonstrating an increase
Should a home robot follow what the mom says? Recap of what happened at RO-MAN Roboethics Competition
On August 8th, 2021, a team of four graduate students from the University of Toronto presented their ethical design in the world’s first ever roboethics competition, the RO-MAN 2021 Roboethics to Design & Development Competition. During the competition, design teams
ORI-KOTI 2020 public opinion poll data
You can find all the necessary data files from the public opinion poll hosted by ORI and KOTI in 2020. To access the full survey click here. To access the Survey Monkey report click here. To access the folder with
The Two Factors in Bath by Robots: Privacy and Control
Robots that bathe you can bring about some interesting and controversial issues. Within the last decade, a number of different bathing robots have come into existence in the form of different prototypes and products, and research projects. Whether you'll accept the robot
How much control should a bathing robot have?
A few years ago, researchers at the University of British Columbia (AJung Moon, Peter Danielson and Mike Van der Loos) studied the public acceptance of a number of different robots. That included the discussion of a Japanese robot from Sanyo Electric in
How do you feel about “Swarm of Autonomous Cars”?
A few of days ago, WIRED and Robohub covered a story about “Largest Swarm of Robots” and how self-organizing algorithms can be used by robots to form certain shapes. This inspired us to see what this networked, swarm of robots could mean for autonomous cars. As stated
Results: Will you miss driving your non-autonomous car?
Driving has become an integral component of our daily lives, especially in developed countries. Cars are not just a means for us to get from point A to point B. They also help us express our personality and show off our character and competencies in the way we drive. For example, a Dodge Charger commercial from three years ago makes this point explicit with the phrase “leader of human resistance.” The Huffington Post UK’s recent (entertaining) video interview shows that the public’s opinion on autonomous cars seems to be mixed in terms of whether people will be willing to give up their driving experience. Realizing that the task of driving can be a valued, personal activity, we wondered whether people will miss the experience of driving once autonomous cars become more available in the consumer market.