Science Bar: “Robotics and Ethics”

Brasserie le Dôme – 2 Boulevard Georges Clemenceau – 34000 Montpellier.

Robots are increasingly becoming a part of our daily lives, and this trend is only just beginning! Robotic technologies, which were once primarily used in the industrial sector, have expanded significantly and are now applied across a wide range of fields, including the military, medical, educational, transportation, and domestic sectors.

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, giving rise to new challenges. These robots influence human behavior, drive certain social and cultural changes, and raise questions regarding security, privacy, and the protection of human dignity.

Consequently, ethical considerations are unavoidable, as are the fundamental principles that must be observed during the design (research ethics), programming (systems ethics), and use of robots (ethics of use).

This participatory science-society discussion will be moderated by:

• Guillaume Bagnolini, Ph.D., 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 (a multidisciplinary research center on human movement);
• Nao, the little humanoid robot.

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