The universal robot of the 21st century

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2025
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Social Robots with AI: Prospects, Risks, and Responsible Methods. Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2024, 19–23 August 2024, Aarhus University, Denmark, and online
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Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
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397
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399–410
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IOS Press
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Aarhus
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Developments in several areas of computer science, robotics, and social robotics make it seem likely that a universal robot will be available in the foreseeable future. Large language models for communication, perception, and control play a central role in this. This article briefly outlines the developments in the various areas and uses them to create the overall image of the universal robot. It then discusses the associated challenges from an ethical and social science perspective. It can be said that the universal robot will bring with it new possibilities and will perhaps be one of the most powerful human tools in physical space. At the same time, numerous problems are foreseeable, individual, social, and ecological.
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Robophilosophy Conference 2024
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20.08.2024
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23.08.2024
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978-1-64368-567-0
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English
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Bendel, O. (2025). The universal robot of the 21st century. In J. Seibt, P. Fazekas, & O. S. Quick (Eds.), Social Robots with AI: Prospects, Risks, and Responsible Methods. Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2024, 19–23 August 2024, Aarhus University, Denmark, and online (pp. 399–410). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA241528