Episode Synopsis "6: Social Robots – Personality, Not Specs"

Social robots are an autonomous robots that interact and communicate with humans by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role. In today's episode, Dominik and Marek chat about what are social robots, question their effectivity, ethics of replacing human interactions with social robots and challenges in the design and future development . Your hosts: • Dominik Bura is a Chief Designer at Pixelfield and a advocate for ethical and accessible design @umjelec • Marek Hasa is a behavioural consultant at Pixelfield and also teaches Persuasive Communication at the University of Amsterdam @MarekHasa • Pixelfield is a product design & development consultancy with offices in London, Amsterdam and Prague @hellopixelfield

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