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Monday Feb 25th 7.00pm & 8.30pm
Friends' Meeting House,
Ship Street,
Brighton, BN1 1AF. [ map ]
Free - £2 donation requested
Robots are coming thick and fast; robot domestics, gardeners, cooks, companions, lovers, taxis, factory workers, space explorers, soldiers, maybe police and certainly pets.
Public concern about these new metal ‘friends’ is whipped up by science fiction, but what are the facts? Will these robots think? Will they have emotions? Will they be mentally superior to us? Could my boss be a robot? Will they take over the planet and write interesting sit coms? The public need to be prepared for the revolution. These workshops and discussions will start you off.
The Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England present a one hour workshop combining your favourite flicks with real robotics. Using clips from familiar films, the workshop will explore the possibilities of robotics research for the future. Through discussion participants will explore themes such as robot ethics, cyborgs, the role of the domestic robot and more.
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