by aastokes | Aug 27, 2024 | Essays
The tree of life forms a concise snapshot of the history, and linkages between, all life forms on Earth. Another way to look at this diagram is to imagine what the world would have been like if history had played out differently. If the evolutionary game was run...
by aastokes | Aug 27, 2024 | Essays
The Digital Frontiers Showcase celebrated the fact that 2023 marked the sixtieth anniversary of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence activities at the University of Edinburgh. The showcase consisted of talks and panel discussions with the University’s world...
by aastokes | Aug 27, 2024 | Essays
In this essay I add some details and reflections on a panel discussion, hosted by Edinburgh Futures Institute, among five experts on what it means to ‘live well’ with robots. The conversation explored the technical, moral, social and economic dimensions of the...
by aastokes | Aug 27, 2024 | Essays
I delivered the opening plenary talk at RoboSoft 2024 with this provocation: “The future of robotics does not belong to roboticists”. My talk provided my personal reflections and insights into the progression, potential, and intricacies of soft-robotics. In...
