Community Roundtable: Contributing to Canada’s Public Consultation on AI
The Open Roboethics Institute is hosting a Community Roundtable to support public engagement in Canada’s ongoing consultation on artificial intelligence. As AI and robotics systems increasingly shape how we work, communicate, and make decisions, it is critical that governance frameworks
Reflecting on Worker Impact at the CRC Robotics Symposium
In 2024 and 2025, the Open Roboethics Institute convened two roundtables at the CRC Robotics Symposium focused on a pressing and often underexamined question: how is robotics reshaping the lives and work of human workers? Bringing together researchers, industry leaders,
2022 ORI Learning Hubs: Filling the Gap in Undergraduate AI Ethics Discourse
As students, we’re surrounded by the ever-growing use of technology. From social media platforms to the digitization of healthcare, we are constantly seeing the adoption of AI, without fully knowing or understanding how they impact our lives. AI has always
Should a home robot follow what the mom says? Recap of what happened at RO-MAN Roboethics Competition
On August 8th, 2021, a team of four graduate students from the University of Toronto presented their ethical design in the world’s first ever roboethics competition, the RO-MAN 2021 Roboethics to Design & Development Competition. During the competition, design teams
AI in Healthcare: Is your solution ethics-proof?
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ORI is cooking up new projects and contents to share with you later this year. One of the projects that are keeping us busy and excited is an AI ethics assessment toolkit. It will be a free toolkit that outlines