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== Cognitive Robotics ==
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== Robotics and AI in Africa ==  
[[Cognitive Robotics Resources]] <BR>
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AI can have a very positive impact on developing countries. To see why and understand how, take a look at the following.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics [http://www.ieee-coro.org Website] <BR>
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== Robotics in Africa ==
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* [http://www.vernon.eu/publications/19_Vernon_RAM.pdf Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Africa], [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8931075 IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 131-135, December 2019]. <BR>
There is increasing awareness of the  positive impact that AI and robotics will have on developing countries. In particular, providing opportunities for social and economic empowerment but also posing some significant challenges.
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* [http://vernon.eu/publications/2021_Alupo_et_al.pdf  Realizing the Potential of AI in Africa: It All Turns on Trust], in Towards Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Systems, M. I. Aldinhas Ferreira (Ed.), Springer.<BR>
Three questions arise: What role will robotics play, how can Africa best exploit the opportunities that intelligent automation and cognitive robotics have to offer, and how can Africa offset the threats posed by global factors?
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* [http://www.vernon.eu/downloads/Africa_Embraces_AI.pdf Africa Embraces AI, Robotics, and Machine Learning]", a talk at [https://clawar.org/conference-proceedings/icres-conference/icres-2020-proceedings/ ICRES 2020], the International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards, Taipei, September 2020. <P>
These issues are discussed in [http://www.vernon.eu/publications/19_Vernon_RAM.pdf Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Africa], [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8931075 IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 131-135, December 2019].
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* [[Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Machine Learning in Africa | Background material with links to many resources]]
  
The [[Robotics in Africa]] page provides links to related resources.
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== Cognitive Robotics ==
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* [[Cognitive Robotics Resources]] <BR>
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* [http://www.ieee-coro.org IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics] <BR>
  
 
== Teaching ==
 
== Teaching ==
  
Additional material to support some of the [http://www.vernon.eu/courses.htm courses] on my main website.   
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Support material for some of the [http://www.vernon.eu/courses.htm courses] on my main website.   
  
* Introduction to [[Cognitive Robotics]]
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== Links ==
 
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Here are  some [[Links|random items of interest]].
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[[Links| A miscellany of interesting material]].

Revision as of 12:59, 14 July 2021

Robotics and AI in Africa

AI can have a very positive impact on developing countries. To see why and understand how, take a look at the following.

Cognitive Robotics

Teaching

Support material for some of the courses on my main website.

Links

A miscellany of interesting material.