Aug. 3
, 201
1
For Immediate Release
Contact: Rod Jones
Staff Writer/Media Relations
Communications and Marketing Department
(405) 208
-
5347 or rod.jones@okcu.edu
Leslie Berger
Assistant Director for Media Relations
Communications and Marketing
Department
(405) 208
-
5348 or lberger@okcu.edu
National
Workshop
Led By OCU Professors Will
Examine Robot Ethics
OKLAHOMA CITY
—
Two faculty members from Oklahoma City University and one
from Southern New Hampshire University have organized
a
full
-
day workshop on
human
-
r
obot
i
nteraction
in elder c
are.
The workshop is scheduled to take place in San Francisco
Aug. 8 during
the
25th
annual conference on artificial intelligence sponsored by the Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelli
gence (AAAI).
Dr. Susan Barnes and Dr. Ted Metzler
from
OCU, working with
Dr. Lundy Lewis
at
SNHU, brought together researchers from Japan, Sing
apore, New Zealand
and U.S. universities
from
four states to share and discuss information concerning an emergi
ng technology known as
“assistive robotics.”
Technology companies
are working to
develop robots capable of assisting
with the health care of
the growing number
of older people in many nations. Presentations at the
workshop will focus
on
topics concerning
human
-
robot interaction (HRI) in elder care
including
HRI and quality of life in elder care
,
effects of human age in HRI
,
human
-
like spatial language
for HRI
,
a general perceptual model for eldercare robots
and the
ethics of using PARO (a robotic
seal pup)
with dementia patients
.
In addition, a special keynote presentation dealing with “machine ethics” in applicatio
n to
elder care will feature a live
demonstration of a walking humanoid robot that is capable of using
moral reasoning while it reminds elderly
people to take their medications.
W
orkshop organizers also have produced accompanying promotional material and
a
Facebook
group website
called
“HRI in Elder Care,” which they expect to use after completion
of the workshop for conducting ongoing follow
-
up d
ialogue.
For more information about the AAAI conference
,
visit the link:
http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai11.php
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