Monday, May 3, 2010
Robots Call the Shots
Dr. Robot, I presume? Your appendix may be removed by motor-driven, scalpel-wielding mechanical hands one day. Robots are debuting in the medical field… as well as on battlefields. And they’re increasingly making important decisions – on their own. But can we teach robots right from wrong? Find out why the onslaught of silicon intelligence has prompted a new field of robo-ethics.
Plus, robo-geologists: NASA’s vision for autonomous robots in space.
Listen to individual segments here:
Part 1 - P.W. Singer
Part 2 - Pablo Garcia
Part 3 - Robyn Asimov
Part 4 - Wendell Wallach
Part 5 - Robert Anderson
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