With a Public Conference on November 15th opens up the project of Educational Robotics at Treviso Technical Institute (ITIS) Max Planck. The Lecture ( 8:30 pm, Main Hall of ITIS Max Planck) is held by School of Robotics Emanuele Micheli. Read more
Course on Robotic&Design. 3-5 of September, 2012. Location: Faculty of Architecture, University of Genoa, (Italy). Organized by: The Course of Industrial Design (Faculty of Architecture, University of Genoa) and the School of Robotics, in partnership with the CNR-IEIIT and Autodesk Italia. Deadline for submission: 30th of July, 2012. Read more
The RoboHelp project is designed to support children with learning disabilities. In the frame of this project, carried out by Lucca middle schools, a special event took place on May 22nd. The "Custer De Nobili" school hosted a show performance where kids and robots took part. Read more
Roboethics was one of the topic discussed at the conference presenting the Disarmadillo project, at the Turin International Book Fair. The Defense Ministry Pavillion hosted the conference, where School of Robotics Fiorella Operto was invited to talk about roboticsðics. Read more
Niccolò Casiddu (Genoa University's School of Design) and School of Robotics' Emanuele Micheli invited at Japan Days for a talk on their projects on robots for disabled people. Read more
On January 28th Udine Bearzi Institute welcomed the public in its laboratories and classrooms for the inauguration of its "School of Robotics Lab", the first ever opened in Italy. Extraordinary participation of students from all over the Region. Udine Robot Winter Edition offered courses of robotics in education from primary to high schools. Read more
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society--and ethics--change with robotics? With an essay by Gianmarco Veruggio. Read more
Torino, December 4th, 2011, h. 5 pm. In the frame of the exhibit "Karakury Dolls", displaying more than 20 mechanical dolls from Japan (Karakuri), a Conference about robotics today. "Are robots good or evil? Speakers: Basilio Bona (Turin Politecnique); Domenico Appendino (Siri Association) and Fiorella Operto, School of Robotics. Read more
The current issue (Vol. 18, n. 1, March 2011) includes 57 pages devoted to the Special Issue on Robot ethics. Editors: Gianmarco Veruggio, Jorge Solis, and Machiel Van der Loos. Read more
The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011) takes place from May 9 to 13, 2011, in Shanghai, China. The theme of the conference is "Better Robots, Better Life", an xpectation that the ever growing technology in robotics and automation will help build a better human society. The School of Robotics has submitted two papers, which are to be presented on May 13th. Read more
