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| − | == Cognitive Robotics ==
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| − | <!-- [[List of Members of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics | IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics - List of Members]] --> | + | '''<span style="color:#FF0000">Pick of the week:</span> ''' |
| − | <!-- <BR> --> | + | [https://spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-robot-scaling Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype - The obstacles to scaling up humanoids that nobody is talking about] <BR> |
| − | IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics [http://www.ieee-coro.org Website] <BR>
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| − | IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics [http://www.ieee-ras.org/cognitive-robotics/resources Resources]
| + | [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/28/ai-psychosis-chatgpt-openai-sam-altman AI psychosis is a growing danger. ChatGPT is moving in the wrong direction] Amandeep Jutla, The Guardian <BR> |
| − | <!-- [http://aicor.wikispaces.com/ AICoR - The euRobotics Topic Group on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition in Robotics]. -->
| + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBc_BHxw78s&list=PLUMWjy5jgHK1NC52DXXrriwihVrYZKqjk&index=1 Why Learn Control Theory] video with links to several short follow-on videos on all aspects of control theory <BR> |
| − | <!-- [http://aicor.wikispaces.com/SPARC+ROCKeu2+Coordination+Activities SPARC ROCKeu2 Coordination Activities]. -->
| + | [https://rememberingthe1916rising.wordpress.com/ Remembering The 1916 Rising] A collection of information and memorabilia commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland<BR> |
| | + | [https://www.bourgognes.wine/ Bourgogne Wine] <BR> --> |
| | + | Previous [[Picks of the Week]]<BR> |
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| − | == Robotics in Africa == | + | === AI and Robotics in Europe === |
| − | There is increasing awareness of the impact - positive and negative - that Industry 4.0 (aka the fourth industrial revolution) will have on developing countries. AI provides opportunities for social and economic empowerment but also poses the significant threat of premature deindustrialization. However, when one thinks of Africa - a continent with 54 countries - cognitive robotics does not spring immediately to mind as the most relevant element of AI for countries that typically have high unemployment and fast-growing populations. But robotics i''s'' catching on in Africa and it does have a role to play in the development of Africa. The questions are: what role will it play, how can Africa best exploit the opportunities that intelligent automation and cognitive robotics have to offer, and how can it offset the threats posed by global factors.
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| − | The following links will give you some idea of where the answers lie.
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| − | [https://unctad.org/fr/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1369 Robots and industrialization in developing countries - summary]<BR>
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| − | [https://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/presspb2016d6_en.pdf Robots and industrialization in developing countries - report]<BR>
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| − | [https://www.cgdev.org/publication/rise-robot-reserve-army-automation-and-future-economic-development-work-and-wages The Rise of the Robot Reserve Army: Automation and the Future of Economic Development, Work, and Wages in Developing Countries]<BR>
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| − | [https://set.odi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SET_Digitalisation-and-future-of-African-manufacturing_Final.pdf Digitalisation and the future of African manufacturing. London: ODI.] <BR>
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| − | [https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_ai_invasion_is_coming_to_africa_and_its_a_good_thing# The AI Invasion is Coming to Africa (and It’s a Good Thing)]<BR>
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| − | [http://drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/files/dani-rodrik/files/premature_deindustrialization.pdf Premature Deindustrialization]<BR>
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| − | [https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/technology-at-work-v2-0-the-future-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/ Technology at Work v2.0 The Future Is Not What It Used to Be] <BR>
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| − | [https://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/22/africa/robots-in-africa/index.html African countries are importing robots and young people's jobs are at risk]<BR>
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| − | [http://blog.swaliafrica.com/robots-in-africa/ Robots in Africa. What does this mean for the continent ?]<BR>
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| − | [https://face2faceafrica.com/article/all-girls-robotics-team-from-ghana-wins-world-robofest-championship-in-the-u-s?fbclid=IwAR1OvJIvUIRLGdI3X375nbnX1OAUnSQ2g9S9MA5_A92VhTgfq8LO6zkI3V4 All-girls robotics team from Ghana wins World Robofest Championship in the U.S.] [https://www.robofest.net/index.php/current-competitions/world-championship Robofest 2019]<BR>
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| − | [https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/drones/in-the-air-with-ziplines-medical-delivery-drones In the Air With Zipline’s Medical Delivery Drones
- IEEE Spectrum, April 2019]<BR>
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| − | [http://www.ircad.africa/ Research Institute against Digestive Cancer (IRCAD)]<BR>
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| − | [http://rwandatoday.africa/news/Govt-plans-to-build-robotics-cancer-training-centre/4383214-5030620-3ua2nu/index.html IRCAD in the press]<BR>
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| − | [https://www.tralac.org/documents/news/1978-drones-on-the-horizon-transforming-africa-s-agriculture-nepad-2018.html Drones on the Horizon: Transforming Africa’s Agriculture]<BR>
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| − | [http://parcrobotics.org/ Pan-African Robotics Competition]<BR>
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| − | [http://creativity.rw/robotics Robotics for Kids]<BR>
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| − | [http://africa.mit.edu/news-and-events/robotics-camp-ends-with-call-for-more-investment/ MIT-Africa Robotics Boot Camp]<BR>
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| − | [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/15/c_138061183.htm Humanoid robot Sophia addresses Africa technology summit in Rwanda]<BR>
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| − | [https://resourcecenter.ieee-ras.org/conferences-videos/icra-videos/824490.html ICRA 2015 - Robotics in Education in Africa]<BR>
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| − | [https://www.ryonic.io/ Ryonic Robotics]<BR>
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| | + | [[AI in Europe | A collection of links]] that map Europe's strategy for human-centric, sustainable, secure, inclusive, and trustworthy AI and robotics |
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| − | Other links to AI more generally.
| + | === AI and Robotics in Africa === |
| | + | [[AI and Robotics in Africa | A collection of links]] that catalogue the many initiatives on AI and robotics in Africa |
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| − | [https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/africa-ai-google The future of AI: Why Google is betting big on Africa] <BR>
| + | === Teaching === |
| − | [https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-africa/google-ai-ghana/ Google AI in Ghana] <BR>
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| − | == Teaching ==
| + | Support material for some of the [http://www.vernon.eu/courses.htm courses] on my main website. |
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| − | Here are some additional material to supplement the [http://www.vernon.eu/courses.htm courses] on my main website.
| + | [[Algorithms and Data Structures]] (support material) <BR> |
| | + | [[Applied Computer Vision]] <BR> |
| | + | [[Artificial Cognitive Systems]] <BR> |
| | + | [[DSA Software Development Environment | Data Structures and Algorithms for Engineers]] software development environment <BR> |
| | + | [[Cognitive Robotics | Cognitive Robotics]] <BR> |
| | + | [[Principles of Computer Programming]] code snippets <BR> |
| | + | [[Robotics: Principles and Practice]] <BR> |
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| − | <!-- * [[Algorithms and Data Structures]] (support material) -->
| + | === Research === |
| − | * [[Applied Computer Vision]]
| + | [http://www.vernon.eu/research.htm Research Activities] <BR> |
| − | * [[Artificial Cognitive Systems]] (support material)
| + | <!-- [[The CINDY Cognitive Architecture]] (legacy project) <BR> --> |
| − | * [[Cognitive Robotics]] (course under development)
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| − | <!-- * [[DSA Software Development Environment]] (support material) --> | + | |
| − | <!-- * [[Principles of Computer Programming]]. -->
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| − | == Research == | + | === Talks and Presentations === |
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| − | [[The CINDY Cognitive Architecture]]. | + | [[Talks and Presentations]] |
| − | CINDY stands for '''Ci'''rcular '''N'''etwork '''Dy'''namics. It is in its early state of development and is based on many other cognitive architectures, especially the iCub cognitive architecture which was never fully realized. The long-term goal is to design and implement an emergent artificial cognitive system that builds on the principles of growth and development through circular causality, drawing on many of the principles of the fields of Enaction, Systems Dynamics, and Second-order Cybernetics.
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| − | == Links == | + | === Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion === |
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| − | Here are some [[Links|random items of interest]].
| + | [[Unpacking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]] |
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| | + | === Links === |
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| | + | [[Links| A collection of links to resources on many topics of personal interest]] |
