Kate Darling

At present, robots are playing an increasingly important role in life and business - they are no longer limited to the manufacturing industry, but have expanded to various aspects such as transportation, education, medicine, elderly care, offices, and homes. But morality and law have not kept up with the development of robots. Kate Darling is a pioneer in these research fields, and her work has helped accelerate this process. Leading robotics ethics expert Darling is a researcher at the MIT Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She studies social robotics and conducts experimental research on human-machine interaction. Darling constantly explores the emotional connections between humans and some biomimetic inventions, hoping to influence technological design and policy direction. Her articles and research predict the challenges that legislators, engineers, and the general public must address in the development of human-machine relationships in the coming decades. Although Darling has a professional background in intellectual property, law, and economics, she is passionate about technology and robotics, and therefore works in interdisciplinary fields. She taught robotics ethics courses with renowned professor Lawrence Lessig at Harvard Law School, and later devoted herself to studying the intersection of law and robotics, focusing on legal and social issues. Darling is a researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Social Studies at Harvard University and the Information Society Program at Yale University, as well as a member of the Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Darling's work has been reported by various media outlets such as the BBC, The Guardian, Boston Globe, CBC, and Wired magazine. She has authored many academic publications and is a contributing author for the online communication platform Robohub and the IEEE Spectrum magazine Technology Overview. As a prominent and inspiring speaker, she often gives speeches and hosts seminars covering interesting developments in the field of robotics and future emerging fields.