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== Robotics and AI in Africa ==
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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.
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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>
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* [http://vernon.eu/publications/2021_Alupo_et_al.pdf  Realizing the Potential of AI in Africa], in Towards Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Systems, M. I. Aldinhas Ferreira, O. Tokhi eds. Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering. Springer  (forthcoming).<BR>
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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>
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* [[Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Machine Learning in Africa | Background material with links to many resources]]
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== AI in Europe ==
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[[AI in Europe | A collection of links]] that map Europe's strategy for research, development, and innovation in human-centric, sustainable, secure, inclusive, and trustworthy AI
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== Cognitive Robotics ==
 
== Cognitive Robotics ==
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics [http://www.ieee-coro.org Website] <BR>
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* [[Cognitive Robotics Resources]] <BR>
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics [http://www.ieee-ras.org/cognitive-robotics/resources Resources]
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* [http://www.ieee-coro.org IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics] <BR>
<!-- [http://aicor.wikispaces.com/ AICoR - The euRobotics Topic Group on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition in Robotics].  -->
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== Robotics in Africa ==
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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 along with the threat of premature industrialization.
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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 the global factors.
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The following links will give you some idea of where the answers lie.
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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://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/drones/in-the-air-with-ziplines-medical-delivery-drones In the Air With Zipline’s Medical Delivery Drones
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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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== Teaching ==
 
== Teaching ==
  
Here are some additional material to supplement 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.   
  
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* [[Applied Computer Vision]]  
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* [[Artificial Cognitive Systems]] (support material)
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* [[Artificial Cognitive Systems]] <BR>
* [[Cognitive Robotics]] (course under development)
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* [[DSA Software Development Environment | Data Structures and Algorithms for Engineers]] software development environment <BR>
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* [[Cognitive Robotics | Cognitive Robotics]] <BR>
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* [[Principles of Computer Programming]] code snippets <BR>
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* [[Robotics: Principles and Practice]] <BR>
  
 
== Research ==
 
== Research ==
  
[[The CINDY Cognitive Architecture]].
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[[The CINDY Cognitive Architecture]] (legacy project)
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 ==
 
== Links ==
  
Here are  some [[Links|random items of interest]].
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[[Links| A collection of links to things that interest me]].

Revision as of 15:57, 14 September 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.

AI in Europe

A collection of links that map Europe's strategy for research, development, and innovation in human-centric, sustainable, secure, inclusive, and trustworthy AI

Cognitive Robotics

Teaching

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

Research

The CINDY Cognitive Architecture (legacy project)

Links

A collection of links to things that interest me.