(C) The Conversation This story was originally published by The Conversation and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Robotics, Religion and Ethics [1] [] Date: 2025-02 Chairs: Erica Baffelli, Minoru Asada and Angelo Cangelosi Speakers and Topics: Minoru Asada (Osaka University): Cognitive Robotics and AI Erica Baffelli (The University of Manchester): Robots, Religion, Buddhism Paolo Benanti (Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome): Ethics, Technology, Religion Angelo Cangelosi (The University of Manchester): Cognitive Robots, Human-robot Interaction Antonio Chella (Università di Palermo): Machine and Robot Consciousness Fumiya Iida (University of Cambridge): Embodied Intelligence and Bio-robotics Scott Midson (The University of Manchester): Robot, Religion, Ethics Yukie Nagai (Tokyo University): Human-robot Interaction Beth Singler (University of Zurich:) Digital Religion and AI Gabriele Trovato (Shibaura Institute of Technology): Robots and Religion Agenda: 9.15-9.30am Welcome greetings (Baffelli and Cangelosi) 9.30-11am Roundtable 1 Robots and Religion Chair: Baffelli Speakers: Midson, Benanti, Trovato 11-11.30am Coffee break 11.30am-1pm Roundtable 2 Ethics and AI human-robots Interactions Chair: Midson Speakers: Chella, Asada, Singler 1-2.30pm Lunch 2.30-4pm Roundtable 3 Human-robots Interactions Chair: Cangelosi Speakers: Nagai, Iida, Huang 4-4.30pm Final discussion Chair: Asada Organisers: FeRN (Fear Research Network) and Centre for Robotics and AI Sponsor: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) [END] --- [1] Url: https://theconversation.com/uk/events/conference-robotics-religion-and-ethics-14338 Published and (C) by The Conversation Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/theconversation/