What is Robotics: Why Do We Need It and How Can We Get It?
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robotics
synthetic science
programming work
active materials
fundamental physical limits
hybrid dynamical systems theory
applied topology
applied category theory
applied type theory
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social impact of technology
diversity of scientists
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Robotics is an emerging synthetic science concerned with programming work. Robot technologies are quickly advancing beyond the insights of the existing science. More secure intellectual foundations will be required to achieve better, more reliable and safer capabilities as their penetration into society deepens. Presently missing foundations include the identification of fundamental physical limits, the development of new dynamical systems theory and the invention of physically grounded programming languages. The new discipline needs a departmental home in the universities which it can justify both intellectually and by its capacity to attract new diverse populations inspired by the age old human fascination with robots. For more information: Kod*lab