robots

10 Minute Genius: Toby Walsh on mutant algorithms

11 Jan 2022

By 2062, experts estimate that we will have created machines as intelligent as humans. Already AI has become so integrated into our everyday lives that it’s often hard to detect… from home robots to smartphones telling you the fastest route home at the press of a button.

The robots helping sick kids 'teleport' to the classroom

25 Nov 2020

Most school students are back in school after a tumultuous school year, but remote learning – and social isolation – is an ongoing reality for thousands of sick children around the country.

To the future: finding the common moral ground in human-robot relations

11 Nov 2020

Designers who use ethics to shape better companion robots will end up making better humans, too, say UNSW researchers.

Betty and Arnold receive new robot hand thanks to UNSW student

25 Sep 2020

A UNSW student is building one of the world’s most advanced robotic hands for use on construction sites.

Why we need to start preparing for our robotic future now

07 Nov 2017

Robotics will touch almost every aspect of our lives so we need to prepare for this future and the ethical challenges it will bring, writes Toby Walsh.

An AI professor explains: three concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia

30 Oct 2017

Granting Saudi Arabian citizenship to the robot 'Sophia' raises social and ethical concerns that we are not yet ready to manage, writes Hussain Abbass.

Replacing pharmacists with robots isn’t the answer to better productivity

25 Oct 2017

Pharmacies play a larger role in the community than just dispensing medications, writes Helen Dickinson.

Beware the killer robots

10 Mar 2017

Autonomous weapons have moved from science fiction to become a clear and present danger. But there is still time to stop them.

UNSW's RoboCup soccer world champions fly out to defend title

27 Jun 2016

Australia's reigning robot soccer world champions are on their way to Germany to face their arch-nemeses in what is expected to be a tough battle to retain the coveted crown in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Read my lips: truly empathic robots will be a long time coming

02 Nov 2015

We are still a long way from fully understanding the complexities of how human empathy operates, writes Skye McDonald.

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