Home robots: more of an appliance than companion, says readers
Primary reasons for considering to purchase a robot for the home Why would you want to buy a robot for your home? When we asked our readers this question, the majority (75%) said that they'd want a robot "to help me with house
Results: Will autonomous cars create more jobs?
Will robots take away our jobs? Will we be better off with robots even if they do? Take a look and see this round-up of stats concerning the issue. One Forbes article published last year by Chunka Mui brought the
Results: How do you feel about “Swarm of Autonomous Cars”?
The conventional cars that we drive today don't really talk to one another. Sure, some of them connect to your cellphones and mp3 players. But they don't form a communication network with neighbouring cars to figure out unbeknownst to you
Results: Should an autonomous car be able to drive around by itself?
For the past few months the Open Roboethics initiative and Robohub have explored the topic of autonomous cars in the form of biweekly polls. We were able to find out a lot of interesting facts about what our readers think. When
Results: Will you miss driving your non-autonomous car?
Driving has become an integral component of our daily lives, especially in developed countries. Cars are not just a means for us to get from point A to point B. They also help us express our personality and show off our character and competencies in the way we drive. For example, a Dodge Charger commercial from three years ago makes this point explicit with the phrase “leader of human resistance.” The Huffington Post UK’s recent (entertaining) video interview shows that the public’s opinion on autonomous cars seems to be mixed in terms of whether people will be willing to give up their driving experience. Realizing that the task of driving can be a valued, personal activity, we wondered whether people will miss the experience of driving once autonomous cars become more available in the consumer market.
Results: Random chance over informed decision
Given a choice between crashing into a motorcyclist wearing a helmet vs. a motorcyclist who isn't wearing one, which one should an autonomous car be programmed to crash into? What about the choice between crashing into an SUV vs. a
Results: How would you like to interface with your car?
In our previous poll, we discussed a moral dilemma involving an autonomous car called the Tunnel Problem. In it, the car needs to decide whether to save a child’s life or its’ passenger’s. Obviously, such a scenario we hope no
Results: My (autonomous) car, my safety
You are travelling along a single lane mountain road in an autonomous car that is approaching a narrow tunnel. You are the only passenger of the car. Just before entering the tunnel a child attempts to run across the road but