The grand challenges of Science Robotics

Guang-Zhong Yang; Jim Bellingham; Pierre E. Dupont; Peer Fischer; Luciano Floridi; Robert Full; Neil Jacobstein; Vijay Kumar; Marcia McNutt; Robert Merrifield; Bradley J. Nelson; Brian Scassellati; Mariarosaria Taddeo; Russell Taylor; Manuela Veloso; Zhong Lin Wang; Robert Wood

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aar7650

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The grand challenges of Science Robotics

Guang-Zhong Yang¹,*,
Jim Bellingham²,
View ORCID ProfilePierre E. Dupont³,
Peer Fischer⁴,⁵,
View ORCID ProfileLuciano Floridi⁶,⁷,⁸,⁹,¹⁰,
Robert Full¹¹,
View ORCID ProfileNeil Jacobstein¹²,¹³,
Vijay Kumar¹⁴,
View ORCID ProfileMarcia McNutt¹⁵,
Robert Merrifield¹,
View ORCID ProfileBradley J. Nelson¹⁶,
View ORCID ProfileBrian Scassellati¹⁷,¹⁸,
View ORCID ProfileMariarosaria Taddeo⁷,⁸,⁹,
Russell Taylor¹⁹,
Manuela Veloso²⁰,
View ORCID ProfileZhong Lin Wang²¹ and
View ORCID ProfileRobert Wood²²,²³

¹Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
²Center for Marine Robotics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
⁴Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
⁵Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany.
⁶Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁷Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁸Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁹Data Ethics Group, Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.
¹⁰Department of Economics, American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
¹¹Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
¹²Singularity University, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
¹³MediaX, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
¹⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
¹⁵National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 20418, USA.
¹⁶Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁷Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
¹⁸Department Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
¹⁹Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
²⁰Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
²¹School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
²²John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
²³Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: g.z.yang{at}imperial.ac.uk

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Science Robotics 31 Jan 2018:
Vol. 3, Issue 14, eaar7650
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aar7650

Guang-Zhong Yang

1Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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Jim Bellingham

2Center for Marine Robotics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.

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Pierre E. Dupont

3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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Peer Fischer

4Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.

5Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany.

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Luciano Floridi

6Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

7Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

8Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

9Data Ethics Group, Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.

10Department of Economics, American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA.

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Robert Full

11Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

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Neil Jacobstein

12Singularity University, NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.

13MediaX, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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Vijay Kumar

14Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

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Marcia McNutt

15National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 20418, USA.

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Robert Merrifield

1Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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Bradley J. Nelson

16Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Brian Scassellati

17Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

18Department Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Mariarosaria Taddeo

7Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

8Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

9Data Ethics Group, Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.

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Russell Taylor

19Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

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Manuela Veloso

20Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

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Zhong Lin Wang

21School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.

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Robert Wood

22John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

23Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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One of the ambitions of Science Robotics is to deeply root robotics research in science while developing novel robotic platforms that will enable new scientific discoveries. Of our 10 grand challenges, the first 7 represent underpinning technologies that have a wider impact on all application areas of robotics. For the next two challenges, we have included social robotics and medical robotics as application-specific areas of development to highlight the substantial societal and health impacts that they will bring. Finally, the last challenge is related to responsible innovation and how ethics and security should be carefully considered as we develop the technology further.

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