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March 24, 2018 9:00AM - 11:30AM —

Service and Personal Robots – Cuddly or Creepy?

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Saturday, March 24, 2018, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM 1216 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106 Far beyond sweeping rooms or “echoing” answers to your questions, useful—even necessary --robots that interact with us psychologically are emerging and will grow in a big way, if only driven by the increasing demographic of elderly, disabled or temporarily limited people. But elegant laboratory demo’s beg the question: can truly useful robots be cost effectively provided for other than the rich, i.e., at prices affordable to large numbers of people or acceptable to insurers or the Government. Might one solution be a “meals on wheels”-like offering to the elderly where a visiting robot is one of many tele-guided by a remote human controller? On the other hand, what about robots to teach, watch, and interact with children? All of these implicate a 2-way psychological dimension in human-robot ecosystems – our reactions to robots and robotic perception of our state of mind. Unsurprisingly, socially assistive robotics (SAR) has emerged as a field for machines assisting via social interaction where a robot’s physical appearance induces people to engage with it. Our program will delve into the uniquely different problems and the entrepreneurial opportunities “psycho-active, economically accessible robots” introduce compared to impersonal industrial or service applications. Get Tickets. Keynote Speaker: Prof. Maja Mataric Chan Soon-Shiong Chair in the Computer Science Department, Neuroscience Program, and the Department of Pediatrics University of Southern California Speakers: Ross Mead, Ph.D. Founder and CEO Semio AI, Inc. Adrian Kaehler, Ph.D. CEO, Giant.AI Inc. Author “Learning OpenCV 3” Producers: Michael (Mickey) Krieger Attorney at Law Willenken Wilson Loh & Delgado LLP UCLA Computer Science Department Andy Tomat Managing Director Four Pillars, Inc. Julie-ann Pina Managing Partner CFOrganizers Networking with refreshments from 8:00 - 9:00 AM / Program: 9:00 - 11:30 AM
  • Saturday — March 24, 2018
    9:00AM - 11:30AM
  • Caltech � Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
    1216 E California Blvd
    Pasadena, CA 91125
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Caltech � Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
1216 E California Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91125

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March 24, 2018 9:00AM - 11:30AM —

Service and Personal Robots – Cuddly or Creepy?

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