Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Robotic engineer at the Edinburgh Center for Robotics, giving a talk entitled "Intelligent robots: friend or foe?", on the Technology Stage, at New Scientist Live 2019
Autonomous robots are beginning to make their way out of the laboratory and into our lives, in the form of autonomous vehicles, surgical assistants and warehousing robots. In this open world, these systems are very much intermingled with our human friends and co-workers. How do we design these systems so they are safe, and their interactions with us are trustworthy and dependable? What makes us so much better at behaving in a safe and dependable way and what principles can we borrow from neuroscience and cognitive science to make our robots better? Subramanian Ramamoorthy explores these questions using examples from state-of-the art robots and autonomous systems. Subramanian Ramamoorthy has been on faculty at the University of Edinburgh since 2007. His research focus is on robot learning and decision-making under uncertainty, with particular emphasis on achieving safe and robust autonomy in human-centered environments. He also serves as vice president of prediction and planning at FiveAI, a UK-based startup company focussed on developing a technology stack for autonomous vehicles.
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