Robotics and Society – Online course
How do you feel about robots Learn how robots are used today and explore how they might help solve the big issues of our time Discover how we use robots now and into the future Once only found in fiction robots are being applied in an increasing array of ways in society from mechanisation of industrial tasks to exploring places humans cant go This course starts with your perceptions of robotics describes different types of robots and leads into a discussion of the future knowing we can use robots should we We then use case studies to show how robotics is being applied to help solve key issues facing society today food production aging populations transport and environmental change The importance of robotics as a field How ideas and attitudes towards robots have formed from fiction Defining a real robot How different types of robots are being applied today Ethical privacy and safety considerations of using robotics Predicting the role of robots in future work How robotics might be applied to help solve societys big challenges food production ageing populations transport and environmental change
