Industries Disrupted

Social Robots and I

June 24, 2025
13:00–13:30 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

From sharing runways with fashion models to being teacher assistants in classrooms, cultural norms are expanding within industries and societies on how and why to integrate socially intelligent robots. As AI advances the possibilities of social robots, how are experts navigating the challenges, opportunities and ethical implications of the human and robot relationship? This is a...
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Speakers

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Vanessa Evers
Professor, Human-Media Interaction
University of Twente

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