More information about funding robotics in 2021

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Georg Stieler, managing director for China at international consulting firm STM Stieler, shares his thoughts on China's five-year plan.

The roadmap is a first for the country. It gives an overview of the current state of RAS, and outlines sectors with potential for growth.

The Senate has added $5 billion for Department of Energy research infrastructure projects to the House-passed version of the Build Back Better Act, but the overall bill is in peril after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) declared he could not back it.

Howard was the first woman to be head of the Ohio State college of engineering, which was the latest of accomplishments for the roboticist.

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A new theory of consciousness provides experimental access to the study of this phenomenon. Not just in humans.

Truly there is nothing new under the sun if, when one learns that a goldfish can drive, the immediate response is “again?” But while today’s icthyological innovation may bear superficial, scale-deep if you will, similarity to fish-driven vehicles of yesteryear, there is an important new aspect: in this case, the goldfish has actually learned to […]

🔬 Research summary by Angshuman Kaushik, Researcher in AI Policy, Governance and Ethics. [Original document by NATO] Overview:  On October 21-22, 2021 during the NATO Defence Ministers Meeting, held in Brussels, the ministers agreed upon to adopt the NATO Artificial Intelligence Strategy (“hereinafter the strategy”). The strategy is not publicly available and what is accessible […]

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🔬 Research summary by Angshuman Kaushik, Researcher in AI Policy, Governance and Ethics. [Original document by UNESCO] Overview:  The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) convened an Ad Hoc Expert Group (AHEG) for the preparation of a Draft Text of a Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (“hereinafter the […]

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