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The University of Ulster’s annual Science in Society lecture series kicks off this week with a fascinating insight into the world of robotics.
Organised by the School of Biomedical Sciences and sponsored by Bank of Ireland, Science in Society aims to promote the discussion and understanding of science making it accessible and interesting to everyone.
This year’s seminar series is geared towards people of secondary school age and above. The series offers the opportunity to explore many novel, intriguing and diverse areas of science, most of which have direct implications for life in the 21st century.
“Due to the support of Bank of Ireland, we can discuss these scientific advances in the company of world experts’, said Science in Society’s Director, Professor Valerie McKelvey-Martin. “We are very grateful to Bank of Ireland and to our renowned seminar speakers for making this possible.”
Professor Kevin Warwick from the University of Reading will present the first of this year’s seminars entitled ‘Robots with Biological Brains and Humans with Part Machine Brains’.
Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics. He carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and cyborgs.
“This seminar will look at how technology can be used to create biological brains for robots, to enhance humans and to reduce the effects of some illnesses,” explains Professor Warwick.
He will provide contemporary examples of how this technology has been employed and will consider a future in which robots have biological, or part biological brains.
Robots with Biological Brains and Humans with Part Machine Brains will take place in Lecture Theatre 7, University of Ulster, Coleraine, on Monday 20th October 2008 at 6pm. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.
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| Title | : | Science in Society Explores World of Robotics |
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The word robotics was derived from the word robot, which was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which premiered in 1921.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word robotics was first used in print by Isaac Asimov, in his science fiction short story "Liar!", published in May 1941 in Astounding Science Fiction. Asimov was unaware that he was coining the term; since the science and technology of electrical devices is electronics, he assumed robotics already referred to the science and technology of robots. In some of Asimov's other works, he states that the first use of the word robotics was in his short story Runaround (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942). However, the word robotics appears in "Liar!"