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First impressions of a humanoid social robot with natural language capabilities go.nature.com/448WtXr

At the latest innovation event hosted by the Canberra Cyber Hub and @UniCanberra, Adam Haskard from Bluerydge and @damith_herath from UC, led a fascinating conversation about the realities and complexities of security in robotics systems. #UniCBR

.@CatieCuan in Yokohama kicking off #icra2024 #robotsandart with her work at #everydayrobots — making a world she wants to live in (and she wants her dad to live in) 🩷

Come to our ICRA workshop on artist residencies in robotics labs and movement notation! roboticart.org/icra-2024-work…

This is so very insightful @MikellTaylor. Thank you!!

Voyager 1, launched Sept 5, 1977, is furtherest human artifact from Earth, over 15B miles, 24B kms. Magnificent remote debugging has it back sending understandable data after 6 month outage. Flight Data Subsystem computer, 7400 series TI chips (see image), with 8K 16 bit words of RAM, all code volatile so directly wired to power from radio isotope thermal generator. If I interpret multiple stories correctly, one of its CMOS 4,096 bit (= 512byte) memory chips flaked out. Prep code for data to transmit was there. JPL was still able to poke memory with code elsewhere in memory, and so spread data prep functionality around in unused little blocks of memory elsewhere, and patched call instructions elsewhere. [And BTW, the FDS still actively using a magnetic tape recorder for large data storage.] Now sending good data back again 46.5 years into its mission. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voy…

Calling all roboticists! The terrific @IEEE Robots Guide with the latest news and thousands of robot profiles is a finalist in the Science Category for @TheWebbyAwards: please take 15 seconds to vote — Today is the last day to vote! (Please repost) vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

I'm glad someone's noticed ... Australia’s research sector chases rankings over quality and is ‘not fit for purpose’, chief scientist says theguardian.com/australia-news…

An article about my vociferous support of open source AI platforms. Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman (among others) have scared governments about what they claim are risks of AI-fueled catastrophes. I know that Demis, at least, is sincere in his claims, but I think those claims are incorrect and counterproductive. The inevitable *effect*, intentional or not, if governments believe those claims would be a regulatory capture profiting their companies. I do think that the short-term societal dangers of proprietary AI systems that will soon mediate everyone's digital diet are considerably higher than any imagined catastrophe caused by the misuse of open source AI systems. And I believe that the benefits of open source AI platforms in terms of progress, safety, economic development, and cultural diversity are overwhelming. businessinsider.com/sam-altman-and…

First, "Role-Taking and Robotic Form: An Exploratory Study of Social Connection in Human-Robot Interaction" where participants felt as 'seen' by robots as other human collaborators based on their design. By @Jenny_L_Davis @damith @A_grogg & @tonyplove doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhc…

@Di_GleesonNZ @petersolomon99 @schwessinger Congrats @Di_GleesonNZ and team. Exciting times!

So we did it!! An ARC Plant Biosecurity Training Centre!!! Congrats @petersolomon99 @schwessinger and our other amazing collab/partners. Now the fun begins!!

Who’s responsible when robots go rogue? Join @stelarcstelarc @damith @brucearnoldlaw and @Nicci_Rossouw as they dive deep into the intricacies of human-robot relationships on 7 July, at Uncharted Territory festival in Canberra. Register here👇 eventbrite.com.au/e/will-sex-rob…

@NaumovskiNenad You inspire! Dinner tonight.

Ain't this a beauty... Dinner tonight

Book in for A Conversation with a Robot! Chat to Pepper, the most advanced AI-driven retail robot in the world at #UnchartedTerritoryCBR, with this project helmed by @damith, @jzombie and @Jenny_L_Davis Register here: bit.ly/3NEbRBT #UniCBR

@jzombie @UCPsychology @uc_hct @UCPsychology @UCSciTech

Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic MP visiting the UC HCT Collaborative Robotics Lab and talking to @damith and students showcasing various #Robotics projects, before launching the National Robotics Strategy discussion paper

@patricktresset @OpenAI @Microsoft @WIRED @WiredUK So was it your cyborg doppelganger that we met in Paris last December? How #Uncanny

Now it killed me. I am dead. Is it trying to censure me because of my previous post? 😂🤐 @OpenAI @Microsoft @WIRED @WiredUK #cuntGPT

This collection of papers gives a (very good) glimpse at some of the *essential* perspectives artistic collaborations can bring to roboticists work. I really enjoyed co-editing this with @damith, Christian Kroos and Elizabeth Jochum. ------------ Cet ense…lnkd.in/eSHdRctA

An *open-source* introductory text on robotics—perfect for artists who want an in depth primer—by the amazing @damith and funded by @KinovaRobotics ✨ foundations-of-robotics.org

Come join us for a book launch event with @suekeay @eltwilliams, Dr Max Cappuccio, and Bhante Sujato, with @willozap as the moderator. This should be fun, challenging and enlightening at the same time! The book is "Foundations of Robotics" @KinovaRobotics @stongedav