Let’s all stop killer robots, shall we?

In November of last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School jointly published a 50-page report on the topic of killer robots.

Earlier this week, on April 23, a new global campaign named the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots was launched with the very idea of stopping killer robots. Composed of over twenty international NGOs in ten countries, the campaign’s focus is to ban the development, production and use of future lethal robot weapons or “killer robots” that could autonomously locate and neutralize human targets.

We Robot 2013: Getting down to Business

Last year about this time, I had just finished defending her MASc thesis and had flown to Miami for the We Robot 2012 conference, hosted by the University of Miami.
Today, I am at Stanford Law …

Robohub: Your new go-to source for everything robot-related

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Hello everyone! I bring you some exciting news today.
Yesterday, a new website called Robohub shyly made its debut to the world for you to visit.
Robohub is a nonprofit initiative that aims to provide you with …

Congratulations Dr. Aimee Van Wynsberghe!

About this time last year, I was on a train to the picturesque city of Enschede in the Netherlands. It was my very first trip to Europe and, if I don’t miss my stop, I …

Robot Film Festival

Love robots? Love film?
Then you might want to get yourself a ticket to the second of the Robot Film Festival and spend a couple of days in New York city celebrating robot films.
Spearheaded by Heather Knight of …

CFP – Bridging the robotics gap: bringing together ethicists and engineers

If you are a roboethicist, then you probably want to be in the Netherlands this summer, and here is why:
The University of Twente sent out a Call for Papers for a conference on the topic …

ICRA 2011 – The 4th Workshop on Roboethics

Every odd year is an exciting year. That’s because one of the largest robotics conferences, ICRA (a.k.a. International Conference on Robotics and Automation), hosts a full-day workshop on roboethics.
I am happy to announce that 2011 …

Happy Holidays from RoboethicsDB.com

Happy holidays everyone!
With your help, RoboethicsDB.com has met at least 32,000 unique visitors this year (according to the hosting service).
Thank you so much for your continued support, and the happiest of wishes for the new …

Roboethics: A Special Issue on Robotics and Automation Magazine (Mar 2011)

Last December I first made a post about the upcoming IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine(RAM) call for papers for the special issue on  roboethics.
Well, the deadline for the paper submission is approaching quickly, and hence, it’s …

ECAP10 Deadline Extended

A couple of months ago, I made a post on call for papers for ECAP2010, the 8th Conference on Computing and Philosophy. For those of you who hasn’t had the time to finish writing up …