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This curated page provides access to all robotics-related videos, articles and education modules listed on the IEEE TechEthics resource pages. Visit often, as new resources are added regularly.

Videos

Text reads Robotics for Climate Change Workshop @ICRA 2022. Image of speaker Johanna Hansen
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Actionable Dynamics Modeling for Drifter Prediction

Learning-based methods combined with easily-specified physics knowledge form a powerful duo to enable robust robotic performance in the open world.
ICRA 2022: Stein Particle Filter for Nonlinear, Non-Gaussian State Estimation by Fabio Ramos
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Stein Particle Filter for Nonlinear, Non-Gaussian State Estimation

The sequential estimation of posterior distributions in state-space models from noisy observations is a critical capability in robotics, particularly in tasks such as localization, object pose estimation and terrain modelling.
ICRA 2022: Human-Computer Interaction for Precision Argiculture by Rahul Raj
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Human-Computer Interaction for Precision Agriculture

Farming in a small-scale, resource-poor farming system is majorly dependent on the traditional knowledge of farmers, with non-judicial, time-consuming and labour-intensive agricultural practices commonly implemented, leading to low productivity and degradation of resources.

Articles/Publications

Cruise driverless car at a city intersection
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What Self-Driving Cars Tell Us About AI Risks

Since 2016, automotive AI in the United States has been linked to at least 25 confirmed deaths and to hundreds of injuries and instances of property damage. An expert gives a ringside view of how real-world applications of transportation AI are or are not working.
The cover of IEEE Technology & Society Magainze on Robots and Socio-Ethical Implications.
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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine: Special Issue on Robots and Socio-Ethical Implications

This joint special issue with IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine demonstrates the importance of thinking about the socio-ethical potential implications from robots in health, to robots for the military, from robots that serve a specific function in the workplace, to bot software that might well be used to misinform or manipulate the masses.
An eerie red landscape of robots on an assembly line.
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New Report Highlights Dangers of Hacked Factory Robots

Cybersecurity firm describes how malevolent hackers might compromise various kinds of industrial robots.