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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 robotics&ethics. (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)

It is organized by Ethos, Cultural Society; by The National Institute of Bioethics, and by the University of Genoa. (Read More)

May 13, 2011 Shanghai, China. Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2011. Organized by the IEEE Robotics&Automation Society's Technical Committee on Roboethics (Gianmarco Veruggio, CNR-­IEIIT, Italy, Corresponding co-­chair; Jorge Solis, Japan (co­-chair); Matthias Scheutz, USA, co-chair. (Read More)