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Robots and Avatars have produced a series of vodcasts which are available to view on this site. They explore the themes of the programme, including Artifical Intelligence, Behaviours and Ethics, Health and Wellbeing and the Future Workplace from the perspective of a diverse array of professionals and experts who share their thoughts and insights in this series of interviews.

Vodcasts

Vodcast #1 – Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
 Professor Noel Sharkey, Professor of Robotics and Artifical Intelligence, University of Sheffield

Vodcast #2 – Robotics, Creativity and Open Source Programming
 Fiddian Warman, Artist/Director, Soda

Vodcast #3 – Behaviours and Ethics with robots and avatars in Schools
 Professor Anna Craft, Professor of Education at the University of Exeter and the Open University

Vodcast #4 – Sensory Technologies – Introduction for Young People
 Thecla Schiphorst, Media Artist/Designer and Faculty Member in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. This vodcast can be used as an introduction for young people to Sensory Technologies.

Vodcast #5 – Health and Well Being – Intergenerational Futures
 Professor Raymond Tallis, Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester

Vodcast #6 – Cybernetics
 Professor Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England

Vodcast #7 – Virtual Worlds
 Ron Edwards, CEO, Ambient Performance and Researcher into Virtual World