Robots and technology are invading more and more areas of our lives, but there are some where they have yet to... ahem, penetrate. A conference in Salford, UK this week organized by the TC9 group of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is set to explore issues of technology and intimacy. This is an area which divides experts. David Levy's 2008 book, 'Love and Sex with Robots' suggests that humans will fall in love with and even marry social robots in the not too distant future. However, robotics ethicist, Kathleen Richardson, is campaigning to ban sex robots because she… [Continue Reading]
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