Jun 17, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Gilbert Wong Robot caregivers can help maintain independence as we age, but the trick is getting humans to trust them. It will not surprise those with a pessimistic view of humanity to know that even robots suffer racial prejudice. In a study by German researchers...
Oct 15, 2019 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
In a lecture given at the University of Auckland, Professor Judith Bessant (RMIT University) speaks about her work looking at techno-human futures and how this could affect work cultures moving forward. Judith Bessant is a Professor in the School of Global, Urban and...
Apr 19, 2018 | Science & Technology
Robots are not part of some science fiction future; they’re here now and being used in ever more interesting and adventurous ways. Julianne Evans discusses the ways robots are changing human care in New Zealand with Elizabeth Broadbent and Bruce MacDonald. Originally...
Feb 1, 2018 | Science & Technology
Professor Jeremy Wyatt (University of Birmingham) is a world-leading expert on robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. In this episode of What IF? Professor Wyatt talks about the new frontier of “third wave” dexterous robots that combine...
Oct 2, 2017 | Science & Technology
What do we have to fear from the rise of robots, automation and artificial intelligence? Darl Kolb, a pioneering theorist on social and technical connectivity, argues that we should rethink the relationship between humans and machines as one of co-evolution and...