Robolift talks

Robots as a social technology

In this talk, I highlight a number of provocative research findings that illuminate the social attributes of personal robots. This new "breed" of social robot interacts with ...
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Robot Minds and Human Ethics

The introduction of robots into the home, the battlefield, and the commerce of daily life poses an array of societal, ethical, legal, and policy challenges. How can we ...
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Robots in Every Home

Fiction and film have long portrayed the idea of personal robots, and while we can see impressive demonstrations, the reality of robots in our homes seems elusive. So where are ...
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How do dynamics shape our robots in the future?

Starting from simple toys to state-of-the-art humanoid robots, all robots are inspired from nature in one way or the other. Indeed, most of our robots have considerable ...
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The role of shape in robot domestication

In a 2007 article for Scientific American Magazine, Bill Gates predicted that there will soon be a robot in every home ...
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Shaped or shaping ?

Starting with the hyopthesis that tomorrow's objects will all be robotized, the shape issue is definitely questionable. Since "Robjects" (robotic objects) are characterized by ...
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Robots “in the wild”: observational studies in natural settings

The talk present the results of observational studies in natural settings on the use of social robots as therapeutic or educational tools. The studies show that social robots can ...
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Automating human death

This talk will critically examine proposals to automate warfare and keep armed forces free from risk. Already Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) have changed the way that wars are ...
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Merging man and machine: the robot into the human being or the human being into the robot?

When talking about “human enhancement” people often refer to genetics or drugs. However, merging man and machine is also an trendy option. The talk will focus on the ...
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Robot Hacking

Daniel will highlight the different forms of robot hacking: security of electronic and software based systems, modification of commercial and public robots, as well as creating ...
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Role of culture in the design of human-robot interaction

- The culture of Japanese accepting robot (machine) as friend, and willingness to be integrated with robot - Japanese robot friends shaped like animal, human - Japanese robots ...
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Complex Artificial Intelligence

Du super-ordinateur intelligent à la singularité technologique, l'intelligence artificielle (IA) a toujours fait l'objet de prédictions fantasmatiques. Cette image est ...
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Can a robot learn like a child?

Can it learn new skills and new knowledge in an unknown and changing environment? How can it discover its body and its relationships with the physical and social environment? How ...
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Cosmorobotics

How robotics will permit to invent the "Mac" of the 21st century

Robots are different from computers. They don't live in their digital virtual worlds, but in our own physical environments, made of furniture, objects, animals and people. ...
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Debate: Errare Humanoid est? Should robots look like humanoid? How do/will people interact with them?

To conclude the conference, we will get back to the topic of the first session and discuss the importance of humanoid shapes in robotic development: Is it necessary? What are the limits and what opportunities? What could be the alternatives?

To conclude the conference, we will get back to the topic of the first session and discuss the importance of humanoid shapes in robotic development: Is it necessary? What are the limits and what opportunities? What could be the alternatives?

Chasing the Future: modern and cultural challenges of designing friendly robots

Robot companions were designed before serious research on the subject came along. Born out of a mix of public performance, science experiments, the movie industry and ...
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