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Trusting Robots

Robots will soon have the power of life and death over human beings. Are they ready? Are we?
Can We Trust Robots?
RoboticsFeatureSpecial ReportsTrusting RobotsHumanoid Robots

Can We Trust Robots?

Robots will soon have the power of life and death over human beings. Are they ready? Are we?

2 min read
An illustration of a stylized robotic foot on a pedal.
TransportationFeatureSpecial ReportsTrusting Robots

Can You Program Ethics Into a Self-Driving Car?

When self-driving cars kill, it’s the code (and the coders) that will be put on trial

9 min read
Would You Trust a Robot Surgeon to Operate on You?
RoboticsFeatureSpecial ReportsTrusting Robots

Would You Trust a Robot Surgeon to Operate on You?

Precise and dexterous surgical robots may take over the operating room

11 min read
Autonomous Weapons
RoboticsFeatureSpecial ReportsTrusting Robots

Do We Want Robot Warriors to Decide Who Lives or Dies?

As artificial intelligence in military robots advances, the meaning of warfare is being redefined

10 min read
Humanoid robot and semantic network used in robot morality research
RoboticsSpecial ReportsTrusting RobotsVideo

How to Build a Moral Robot

If robots are going to drive our cars and play with our kids, we’ll need to teach them right from wrong

5 min read
Robot Surgeons Are Taking Over the Operating Room
RoboticsSpecial ReportsTrusting RobotsVideo

Robot Surgeons Are Taking Over the Operating Room

Watch six of the coolest surgical robots in action

1 min read
Self-Driving Cars Will Be Ready Before Our Laws Are
TransportationFeatureSpecial ReportsTrusting Robots

Self-Driving Cars Will Be Ready Before Our Laws Are

Putting autonomous vehicles on the road isn’t just a matter of fine-tuning the technology

10 min read
Would You Trust a Robot to Give Your Grandmother Her Meds?
RoboticsSpecial ReportsTrusting RobotsOpinion

Would You Trust a Robot to Give Your Grandmother Her Meds?

Building successful human-robot interactions means learning a lot more about what it means to trust someone or something

3 min read
Autonomous weapons include the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, designed by the U.S. Navy and DARPA to hunt targets over a wide expanse.
RoboticsSpecial ReportsTrusting RobotsOpinion

Why Should We Ban Autonomous Weapons? To Survive

While debate has focused on moral and legal issues of autonomous weapons, too little attention has been paid to the material dangers of an AI-powered war

9 min read