Stanford HAI and Stanford Robotics Center Launch New Partnership

In response to rapid advances in artificial intelligence and the opportunity for AI to accelerate the field of robotics, the Stanford Robotics Center (SRC) and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) are partnering to define the responsible use of these technologies. This initiative will leverage interdisciplinary research to ensure humanity benefits from these technologies and that the benefits are broadly shared.

Co-led by Stanford Robotics Lab Director Oussama Khatib and HAI Co-Directors Fei-Fei Li, John Etchemendy, and James Landay, this new collaboration will tackle the technical, societal, and economic challenges confronted in fields that employ robotics including health and wellness, education, sustainability, and the future of work.

“We’re thrilled to be collaborating on this exciting venture. We’re just beginning to understand the exciting ways AI will drive robotics to new capabilities, and now is the time to talk about its effective governance,” said Khatib.

Goals of this partnership include translating cutting-edge, interdisciplinary AI-enabled robotics research for a policy audience and producing original AI-related policy research to equip policymakers with tools to understand and govern AI enabled robotics technology.

“We’re watching the robotics field accelerate in ways we’d never dreamed even a few years ago. I expect to see this technology change almost every industry over the next decade. For this to be done safely, fairly, and successfully, we need to work together now to understand its potential and its dangers,” said Landay.

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