Anderson and his Research with Robot Nao Receive Worldwide Attention

Researchers Michael Anderson, an associate professor of computer science in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and his wife, Susan, a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, have been featured in a number of stories in media publications around the world due to their unique research into robot ethics. The story made the cover of the Taiwan Scientific American magazine

May of these articles require the use of Google translator or other similar program to convert them into English. Click here to see the article in Korea’s Daily News and here to the article in the Romanian magazine Ziare.com. There is also a video of the Andersons’ work in the psychoeduca.com online magazine.

There are many more links to publications that have highlighted the Andersons’ work, including a collection of International Scientific American Magazines. For instance: LeScienze and Nikkei-Science. Other publications highlighting this research are Rathenau Instituut, YeeYan, and Robotsky.

The story also appeared last month in the Boston Globe, where it was highlighted on the front page of the newspaper’s “Technology” section; the Los Angeles Times; the Discovery Channel; NBC Connecticut; and the Mumbai Mirror

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