RAS Standard receives IEEE-SA Emerging Technology Award!
The IEEE 7007 Ontologies for Ethically Driven Robotics and Automation Working Group (IEEE 7007 WG) has been selected as a recipient of the IEEE SA Emerging Technology Award “For developing an innovative ontological standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence.” IEEE 7007 WG created a unique standard that will contribute to the development of new technologies ethically aligned to human values. The IEEE 7007 Standard has an ontological representation which facilitates the investigation of the domain; and a formal language that adds precision to the knowledge and data collected during this investigation. The nature of the ontologies allows this ontological representation to be used in a wide variety of applications across all AIS domain. The IEEE 7007 WG invested a lot of time over the past four years to conceptualize the components, identify their dependences and elaborate upon the formal representation, using formal Logics, for the following domains: Norms and Ethical Principles, Data Privacy and Protection, Transparency and Accountability, and Ethical Violation Management. In addition, during the elaboration of 7007 Standard, IEEE 7007 WG developed its own methodology to deal with the complexity of the Ethics of AI domain. It is based on agile methodology and can be used in heterogenous and spatially distributed groups like the IEEE 7007 WG. The IEEE 7007 Standard can contribute to the advance of the use of Ethics in the design and deployment of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS) in multiple ways. • It can be used to teach ethical design because the ontology permits the user to analyze in detail the components necessary to create ethically aligned systems; • It can be used for both human and institutional capacity building in the AIS domain. This domain is of increasing interest not only by tech companies but also by States.• It can be used to create computational ethically aligned systems due to its formal representation. It is possible to embed the standard in an AIS; and enable it to communicate with others through use of the ontology’s formal representation.• It can provide a taxonomy to support the elaboration of public policies. Precise definitions are essential to provide accurate semantics and disambiguate the meanings of the terms when they are being discussed by different stakeholders. • It can be used to strengthen digital cooperation across States, which is at the core of United Nations. The chair of the group is Edson Prestes; the vice-chair is Sandro Fiorini; the technical editors are Mike Houghtaling and Babita Ramlal; the secretary is Paulo J.S. Gonçalves. A partial view of the Transparency and Accountability UML Model:
Online Seminar- 7 October 2021
The next online seminar associated with the IEEE RAS TC on the Verification of Autonomous Systems will be held in October Date: Thursday October 7th, 9:00 EDT, 13:00 GMT, 21:00 SGT Please join the Zoom Meeting: https://jnjmeetings.zoom.com/j/96621588639 Meeting ID: 966 2158 8639 Instructions: * On joining, you will initially be put into a “waiting room” * Please mute your microphone and turn off your video * We will take questions – please input these via the chat Program (short talks of 15/20 minutes each): Sadra Sadraddini, “Coordination of Large Heterogeneous Teams from Temporal Logic Specifications” Kevin Leahy, “Efficient Motion Planning with Collision Avoidance Guarantees” If you wish to propose a talk for future seminars, then email Dejanira or Kevin ([email protected], [email protected]). Finally, a reminder to notify your colleagues about the TC web page where both joining instructions and seminar details/talks appear: https://www.ieee-ras.org/verification-of-autonomous-systems
Online Seminar- 2 December 2021
The next online seminar associated with the IEEE RAS TC on the Verification of Autonomous Systems will be held in December! Date: Thursday December 2nd, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 22:00 SGT Please join the Zoom Meeting: https://jnjmeetings.zoom.com/j/91758363530Meeting ID: 917 5836 3530 Instructions: * On joining, you will initially be put into a “waiting room” * Please mute your microphone and turn off your video * We will take questions – please input these via the chatProgramme (short talks of 15/20 minutes each): Mohammad Reza Mousavi, “Trust in Autonomous Systems through Verifiability” Simos Gerasimou, “Evolutionary-Guided Controller Synthesis for Autonomous Systems” If you wish to propose a talk for future seminars, then email Dejanira or Kevin ([email protected], [email protected]). Finally, a reminder to notify your colleagues about the TC web page where both joining instructions and seminar details/talks appear:https://www.ieee-ras.org/verification-of-autonomous-systems
RA-M: 2 New Special Issues With Open Calls!
Special Issue on Biomimetic Perception, Cognition, and Control: From Nature to Robots This special issue will cover the subjects including intelligent sensors, biomimetic mechanical design, robotic cognition-related learning, bioinspired control, and human-friendly interaction. This issue will focus on recent progress and new multi-disciplinary biomimetic technologies that have practical potential and the potential for profound impact on the real world. We welcome submissions from all related topics in academic research and industry, including but not limited to the following: Intelligent sensors (e.g., vision, tactile etc.) for perception and exploration Mechanical design of biomimetic robots Advanced multimodal sensing information fusion Computational neuroscience of perception and action Intelligent learning methods from a biomimetic view Learning from Demonstrations Bioinspired robotic learning and control Applications of biomimetic robotics in industry, e.g., manipulation, robot assisted surgery. Other related topics Click here for more information and important dates. Special Issue on Homecare Robots The home healthcare industry is under growing pressure of delivering services more effectively within its already-stretched capacity. Especially, providing efficient, cost effective homecare for the growing number of older adults will require major changes in ways providers gather information from and deliver care services to care recipients. As many homebound older adults have been isolated in the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for innovations in the home healthcare industry is becoming more urgent. Robots are in a unique position to monitor, assess/evaluate, and prevent situations that could put older adults at-risk. Research in robots, especially assistive robots and companion robots, has been attracting growing interest in recent years. Robot-based homecare technologies can record health-related data with advanced sensors, and then automatically process the data and provide personalized advice or automated actions. For healthcare workers, these technologies allow for more comprehensive monitoring and free them to address the more complex aspects of their work. These technologies also make possible individualized care that promotes independence and safety of the care recipients. The goal of this special issue is to provide readers an overview of the state of the art in robot-assisted home healthcare, identify and promote the future research direction sin this emerging field. By presenting the achievement and future opportunities in this multidisciplinary research area that crosscuts robotics, automation, AI and healthcare, this special issue will have great impact on the robotics and automation research community. Click here for more information and important dates.