Social Robotics

March 2019. Several experiments have shown that AI could reproduce human cognitive bias such as sexism, racism and even become psychopathic.

March 2019. AI challenges democracies, but democratic institutions, especially in the EU, are not mere bystanders and are in the process of supporting, while also legally framing AI, through education and regulation.

Septembre 2018. Science Robotics Live Chat on Facebook for the LAPSCO's paper focusing on social robotic presence and attentional mechanisms.

Septembre 2018. Qual seria a sua reação se visse um robô ser maltratado? Há pouco mais de dois anos, quando a Boston Dynamics publicou um vídeo de uma nova versão do seu robô humanoide, o Atlas, muitas pessoas se incomodaram com o fato de que, durante seus testes, a máquina era submetida a maus-tratos.

Août 2018. Un robot humanoïde peut-il influencer par sa simple présence les performances cognitives humaines ? Dans cette étude, publiée dans Science Robotics le 15 août 2018, les chercheurs montrent que la simple présence d'un robot connu pour son antipathie (plutôt que sa sympathie) augmente la sélectivité de l'attention de manière comparable à...

In the near future it is becoming increasingly likely that somewhat-human-like robots will be interacting with us on a regular basis, ranging from caring for the elderly to acting as shopping assistants to consumers. What kinds of personalities should these robots have? It depends on their job, but research shows that the less friendly a robot is,...

A mean robot can help people concentrate, new research has found.