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FIORELLA OPERTO
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Drones and other robots of war
Recently the press has been full of articles addressing the legality or illegality of the military use of unmanned drone aircraft in the war against terror. Their use as well as the use of other human controlled robot weaponry presents a series of ethical, moral, technical and legal problems, often more down to the way ... Drones and other robots of war
Springer Handbook of Robotics
On 5th February 2009 in Washington DC the Professional and Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers announced the winners of the prestigious American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence for 2008 known as the "PROSE Awards 2008", that are the equivalent of the Oscars in the American field of professional and scientific ... Springer Handbook of Robotics
Robotics. A new science
Fiorella Operto offers some reflections on the conference “Robotics. A new science” that took place in Rome in February at the Accademia dei Lincei. A growing international debate proposes the re-thinking in ethical terms of a research area, robotics, that has been profoundly influenced by recent scientific and technological developments in the informatics, telecommunication, software ... Robotics. A new science
Fiorella Operto
Dr. Operto, scholar of Philosophy of Science, and of Science Ethics. She has acquired a specific experience in science dissemination and popularization. She contributed to the birth of the scientific book series “I Dialoghi“, Di Renzo Publishing House. She has co-operated with the Italian National Research Council in promoting the knowledge and understanding of robotics. ... Fiorella Operto
Robotics: a new science
The International Symposium “Robotics: a new science” takes place on Wednesday 20th of February 2008 at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Via Della Lungara 10 in Rome. The conference is not conceived as a technical workshop, but as a seminar whose aim is to discuss the current robotics development in the frame of the general ... Robotics: a new science