INBOTS Interactive Robotics - Future and Challenges

We have brought together the leaders of the main activities of INBOTS to discuss the project advances in standardisation, entrepreneurship and business, legal aspects and ethics, education and society and to address the future of interactive robotics.

00:16 Question 1 - The Technology Road Map of robotics in Europe, sets out manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, civil, commercial, transport and logistics, and consumer robots as the market areas most affected by robotics technology. Do they match the current state of robotics?

00:00:29 - Andrea Bertolini, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
00:01:27 - Britt Östlund, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
00:02:21 - Enrico Bonadio, The City University of London
00:03:03 - Roberto Conti, Founding Partner of IUVO
00:03:35 - Saskia Maresch, German Institute for Standardisation
00:04:16 - Juan C. Moreno, CSIC
00:04:47 - Amparo Grau, Complutense University of Madrid

06:13 Question 2 - In the current roadmap we find the aerospace sector as a sub-domain within manufacturing. Do you consider that such important and strategic sectors for R&D are being neglected in this roadmap?

00:06:26 - Roberto Conti, Founding Partner of IUVO

07:08 Question 3 - The MAR sets out five operating environments for robotic technology: on the ground, in the air, on/under water, in space and on/inside the human body. Do they facilitate standardisation and benchmarking?

00:07:21 - Juan C. Moreno, CSIC
00:08:15 - Saskia Maresch, German Institute for Standardisation
00:08:39 - Amparo Grau, Complutense University of Madrid

09:38 Question 4 - Which are the main gaps that you’ve identified in the current regulatory framework, existing standards and benchmarking approaches for Interactive Robotics? A common regulatory framework would be more useful?

00:09:50 - Saskia Maresch, German Institute for Standardisation
00:11:48 - Andrea Bertolini, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
00:12:32 - Britt Östlund, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
00:13:40 - Andrea Bertolini, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
00:16:09 - Amparo Grau, Complutense University of Madrid

16:52 Question 5 - Landing to the market, which sectors involve interactive robotics and what is its impact on the labour market? What measures need to be taken in the short/medium term?

00:17:06 - Roberto Conti, Founding Partner of IUVO
00:17:49 - Amparo Grau, Complutense University of Madrid

19:04 Question 6 - Education is key in the adoption of interactive robotics in working and non-working life, what progress has been made so far in this area?

00:19:27 - Maria Pozzi, University of Siena
00:21:32 - Roberto Conti, Founding Partner of IUVO

21:50 Question 7 - On interactive robotics and its inclusion in society and in the public sector. What is the main trend and what are the main challenges?

00:22:15 - Britt Östlund, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

22:56 Question 8 - The AI, Data and Robotics Partnership is one of 46 partnerships proposed in the upcoming Horizon Europe Programme. Is the trend towards robotics being a sub-discipline of AI?

00:23:10 - Andrea Bertolini, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
00:24:07 - Amparo Grau, Complutense University of Madrid