Bot on the Block

Bot on the Block

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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June 22, 2025 21 mins

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.

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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.

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June 22, 2025 21 mins

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.

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