Walking with Robots

你想让机器人自动打扫你的房子吗？你想让那个机器人看起来像人类吗？你能说出科学事实和科幻小说之间的区别吗？你认为机器人技术实际上进步了多少？当今最先进的机器人是什么？如果可以开发出一个功能齐全、能思考的机器人，你会认为它是人类吗？与机器人同行是一个为期三年的项目和活动计划，旨在通过机器人研究的潜力来取悦观众，同时鼓励他们考虑这项研究的技术挑战和伦理影响。与机器人同行团队由来自英国各地的智能机器人领域的顶尖研究人员以及让公众受众接触科学和工程的专家组成。机器人专业知识的范围从为极端环境(如太空或火山)设计和制造机器人，到开发模仿自然的机器人(无论是身体上还是心理上)，再到研究机器人与人类互动的情感。人们提出了各种各样的活动，主要目的是将创新与体验相结合，以最大限度地提高兴趣和影响力。参与该网络的许多研究人员都有在其所在地区成功开展公共参与项目的悠久历史，这些项目令所有年龄段的公众受众兴奋并受到教育。与机器人同行计划旨在结合和扩展这些活动，在英国范围内开展一项突出的活动，以提高公众对机器人技术的认识和兴趣。将在整个网络中推广和发展非常成功的现有活动，并将根据网络成员的专门知识和确定的目标受众的需求设计新的活动。

How would you like to have your house cleaned automatically by a robot? Would you want that robot to look human? Can you tell the difference between science fact and science fiction? How far do you think robotics technology has actually advanced? What is the most sophisticated robot available in the present day? If a fully-functional, thinking robot could be developed, would you consider it human?Walking with Robots is a three-year programme of events and activities designed to delight audiences with the potential of robotics research whilst encouraging them to consider both the technical challenges and ethical implications of that research.The Walking with Robots team consists of top researchers in intelligent robotics from throughout the UK, as well as experts in engaging public audiences with science and engineering. The robotics expertise ranges from designing and building robots for extreme environments (such as space or volcanoes), to developing robots that mimic nature (both physically and mentally), through to researching the emotions of robot-human interaction.A wide variety of activities have been proposed, with the key intention of combining innovation with experience in order to maximise interest and impact. Many of the researchers involved in the network have a long history of running successful public engagement projects in their area, exciting and educating public audiences of all ages. The Walking with Robots programme seeks to combine and extend these activities to produce a prominent UK-wide campaign for promoting awareness of and interest in robotics amongst public audiences. Highly successful existing activities will be extended and developed across the network, and new activities will be devised, based on the expertise of the network members and identified needs of the target audiences.