The Technisches Museum Wien is currently showing an exhibition on the topics of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots and autonomous systems. The exhibition can be visited when the museum opens again, until the summer of 2022. The museum has also published a digital publication on the […]
Invitation to Engagement and Dialogue with Researchers about Societal Aspects of Robotics Robotic technologies pose fascinating new opportunities, but also yield controversial questions and new societal challenges. The closing event of the workshop series “Responsible Robotics” provides an opportunity for a broader public to discuss such societal aspects of robotics. See this page for more information. […]
This year, Robophilosophy will be held in a digital format. Several people of the TrustRobots DC are involved and you are welcome to tune in! It is still possible to register (registration fee 10 euros). Some of the PhD students of the TrustRobots DC co-organized […]
The European Commission has just announced a new initiative that aims to collect ideas regarding the application of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the current COVID-19 crisis. See the announcement via this link or the AI Alliance update. Image source: ec.europa.eu, see this link, […]
The Summer School on TrustRobots took place from September 15 to 20 at TU Wien with participants from across Europe and elsewhere. The summer school participants enjoyed an intensive week together, sharing perspectives and learning about topics ranging from reliable machine learning to emotion expression […]
As part of the research group H.A.U.S. (Humanoid Robots in Architecture and Urban Spaces), the DC students Helena Frijns, Isabel Schwaninger, and Darja Stoeva participated in the creation of a dance performance that included two Pepper robots and a professional dancer. The dance challenged the […]
DC student Christina Schmidbauer presented a paper about epistemic debt in smart manufacturing, which she wrote together with her colleague Tudor Ionescu and Prof. Sebastian Schlund at the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) in Washington D.C.
At the international conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI) 2018, DC students Glenda Hannibal, Isabel Schwaninger and Jesse de Pagter participated in the workshop “Measuring and designing trust in Human-Agent Interaction” organized by Ilaria Torre, Leigh Clark, and Benjamin R Cowan from Trinity College Dublin. Both […]
On Friday, 23rd November 2018, the interdisciplinary Doctoral College TrustRobots was officially opened by the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Kurt Matyas. Prof. Dr Alin Albu-Schäffer gave a talk called Humanoid Assistance Robots: Designing and Controlling Robots for Direct Interaction with Humans. The talk […]
To kick off the Trust Robots Doctoral College, all students and supervisors met up for the first time in the beautiful surroundings of Tulbingerkogel on Sept. 12-13th, 2018. After a short welcome by Sabine Köszegi and Markus Vincze, the programme directors, everyone participated in team […]