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Home > News > Robot future poses hard questions

April 24th, 2007

Robot future poses hard questions

Abstract:
The robo-rights scan was one of 246 papers, commissioned by the UK government, and complied by a group of futures researchers, the Outsights-Ipsos Mori partnership and the US-based Institute for the Future (IFTF).

At the time, Sir David King, the government's chief scientific adviser, said: "The scans are aimed at stimulating debate and critical discussion to enhance government's short and long-term policy and strategy."

Other scans examined the future of space flight and developments in nanotechnology.

Source:
bbc.co.uk

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