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How are Robots made? How do they enter the public space? And how do they fit into our society? We are asking these questions and attempt to answer some of them with the help of there scientists working on Robots in public spaces. Produced by Sofia Busuoli, Fin Gerke, Pia Pallasch, Clara de Roo, and Jasper Van Waes as part of the FASoS Honors Project at Maastricht University. Illustration by Euan Saunders, as part of FASoS-Dundee ‘’Picture This” pilot project.

Episodes

  1. 3 How We Might Live With Robots - Robot Ethics

    06/22/2025

    3 How We Might Live With Robots - Robot Ethics

    In this final episode of Bot on the Block we talk about the ethics of robots in public spaces. Clara, Jasper, Pia and Sofia discuss the complications that robots can have when they are part of our daily lives. We think about difficult ethical questions together with our experts Dominik Mahr, Ella Maule and Micheal Mintrom. We delve deeper in how we believe robots can be implemented in public spaces. If you like this topic check out these readings: Ella Maule et al.: Community Robotics: A New Paradigm for Robotic Design and Innovation doi.org/10.1109/ARSO60199.2024.10557833 Michael Mintrom et al.: Robots in public spaces: implications for policy design https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2021.1905342 Illustration by Euan Saunders, as part of FASoS-Dundee "Picture This" pilot project.

    21 min
  2. 2 Where Robots Work - Service Robots

    06/22/2025

    2 Where Robots Work - Service Robots

    In the second episode of Bot on the Block we will discover the use of robots in the service industry. Fin, Pia and Sofia will discuss their use in restaurants, for example Dadawan, and things like healthcare. Together with our expert Dominik Mahr they will delve deeper in this subject answering difficult but necessary questions about this topic. If you like this topic check out these readings: Stefanie Palush, Jochen Wirtz & Werner H. Kunz: ServiceRobots and the Future of Services https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31563-4_21 Jeremy Atack, Robert A. Margo & Paul W. Rhode: “Mechanization Takes Command?”: Powered Machinery and Production Times in Late Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050722000146; Dominik Mahr, Gaby Odekerken-Schröder & Mark Steins: Service robots and innovation: An ecosystem approach https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12756 Benjamin Lipp: Caring for robots: How care comes to matter in human-machine interfacing https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127221081446 Illustration by Euan Saunders, as part of FASoS-Dundee "Picture This" pilot project.

    20 min
  3. 1 How Robots are Made - Robot Labs

    06/22/2025

    1 How Robots are Made - Robot Labs

    In this first episode we kick off this podcast series by diving into the start of all robot creation and design, robot labs. Clara, Fin, and Jasper look at the history of robots and discuss how these labs work with two experts in this field: Ella Maule and Dominik Mahr. We discuss their answers, how we perceive robots in our daily lives and how these labs actually operate. If you like this topic check out these readings: James Boyd: Robotic Laboratory Automation DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5554.517 Ella Maule et al.: Community Robotics: A New Paradigm for Robotic Design and Innovation doi.org/10.1109/ARSO60199.2024.10557833 Illustration by Euan Saunders, as part of FASoS-Dundee ‘’Picture This” pilot project.

    22 min
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How are Robots made? How do they enter the public space? And how do they fit into our society? We are asking these questions and attempt to answer some of them with the help of there scientists working on Robots in public spaces. Produced by Sofia Busuoli, Fin Gerke, Pia Pallasch, Clara de Roo, and Jasper Van Waes as part of the FASoS Honors Project at Maastricht University. Illustration by Euan Saunders, as part of FASoS-Dundee ‘’Picture This” pilot project.

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