Our new article "Exoskeletons for all: The interplay between exoskeletons, inclusion, gender, and intersectionality" has just been published in Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics. #inclusivity, #coproduction, #exoskeletons, #cyborg. Read it here: degruyter.com/view/journals/…

Happy to be part of eWare—"project of the month"!

Our lab is collaborating in this project on a Work-Package on the future of health and the automation of healthcare practices:

Our AI & Society article "Children’s perceptions of #socialRobots: a study of the robots #Pepper, #AV1 and Tessa at Norwegian research fairs" was just published by James Ryonun thanks to great coauthors Pernille Nyvoll, J. Artur Serrano & #KarolineGrønvik. rdcu.be/b4GkJ

Read this excellent MA-thesis on: "Facilitating and Carrying out Innovation Processes in the Public Sector: Implementing Assistive Technology on a Municipal Level" by MA Erlend K.Jørgensen who just graduated from DIGIKULT NTNU @NTNUHumanities—in collaboration with PA Consulting

My paper "Mecha-Media: How Are Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots Presented and Received Through the Media?" has been published in @IGIglo research anthology "Rapid Automation: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications." You can read my Chapter 2 here: igi-global.com/gateway/book/2…

The ImRo lab is excited for our great colleagues Mara Diaconu and Pernille Nyvoll, who begin new adventures in Oslo soon! You will be missed at ImRo, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors and adventures 🤖

Today was my first day as a PhD candidate at Universitetet i Oslo! So exciting! 🤗 My PhD is a part of the project PRISONHEALTH, follow for regular updates! #phdchat #healthyprisons #criminology

There's a major bus driver strike in Norway, and the only bus currently driving in Trondheim is this "#selfDriving" one. With current social distancing policies, I'll probably have it all for myself, but with the speed, I'll probably not reach work until the working day is over.

Super excited to start the "Caring Futures" CaringFutures project today (@RCN_Norway funded) after a great kick-off. This will be the start of a great collaboration with Universitetet i Stavanger and @NTNUHumanities, with great development of #posthumanist #careEthics! Follow: CaringFutures

Stop by our virtual poster session today at ISG’s 12th World Conference of Gerontechnology #ISG2020 on "Managing change through the implementation of gerontechnology in Norwegian municipalities" where #ErlendKleivenJørgensen (at PA Consulting) will present interesting findings!

Check out our presentation on "Gerontechnologies of the home as sociotechnical assemblages of trust" in the session "Conceptualizing trust and #AAL-Technology" at International Society for Gerontechnogy ISG’s 12th World Conference of Gerontechnology #ISG2020, with other fascinating COST-presentations too!

How can experiences of isolation and loneliness in remote areas be mitigated through social robots’ emotional care? Read our new publication: "Mitigating Isolation and Loneliness with Technology"—postprint available at tinyurl.com/yypyr5tx

A new Issue of NJSTS—Vol 8(2) has been published! We present articles on #CitizenScience, #energyefficiency, #sociotechnicalImaginaries, #educationRobots, a book review on "The Software Arts" plus more. We also thank Dr Roger A. Søraa for editing his last issue as Editor in Chief.

Jill Lapore in The New Yorker has an excellent take on the history of #work and why meaningful work is so important. I look forward to using these lessons as we chart how #robots and #automation will impact the future of work at autoworkproject.org. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

Our new article on the impact of #misgendering & #automated #recognition was just published! "A little bird told me your gender: Gender inferences in #socialmedia." Published in the journal Information Processing & Management. Happy readings, @NTNUHumanities, Gendered Innovations.

Read our newly published article “The social dimension of domesticating technology: Interactions between older adults, caregivers, and robots in the home" published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change by Elsevier #OpenAccess #robot #care sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today I am speaking about "#Gender and Intersectional perspectives on #robots and #AI" at the Gender Equality Academy seminar– see you there!

What happens when goats have digital fences & how does a goat navigate virtual worlds of smart farming? Read our new case study of Nofence "Boundaryless boundary-objects: Digital fencing of the #CyborGoat in rural Norway" in Journal of Rural Studies: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Help us make the next generation of robots better! Participate in the Robotics4EU workshop on “Data, autonomy and AI solutions in I&M robotics” Nov 5, 11-14 CET linkedin.com/posts/civitta_…