Robotics and ethics" science bar

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  • Dates : April 11, 2019
  • Timetable: 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
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Brasserie le Dôme - 2 Boulevard Georges Clemenceau - 34000 Montpellier.

Robots are increasingly invading our daily lives, and this movement is still in its infancy! Robotic technologies, which were once mainly intended for the industrial sector, have now diversified into a wide variety of sectors: military, medical, educational, transport and domestic.

Robotics increasingly relies on artificial intelligence (AI), which enables the development of human-like capabilities such as perception, language use, interaction, problem-solving, learning and even creativity.

The presence of cognitive robots in society is growing rapidly, raising new challenges. These robots have an impact on human behavior, induce certain social and cultural changes, and raise questions about security, privacy and the protection of human dignity.

The ethical aspect is therefore unavoidable, as are the fundamental principles to be respected when designing (research ethics), programming (systems ethics) and using robots (usage ethics).

This participatory science-society debate will be moderated by :

  • Guillaume Bagnolini, Doctor of Philosophy, mediator and science journalist;
  • Andrea Cherubini, professor at the University of Montpellier - researcher at the Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics (LIRMM) - IDH (Interactive Digital Humans) team;
  • Denis Mottet, Professor at EuroMov - University of Montpellier (multidisciplinary research center on human movement);
  • Nao, the little humanoid robot.