With Carnegie Mellon University: Professor of Robotics; Director, Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment (CREATE) lab (http://www.cmucreatelab.org); Associate Director for Faculty, and Head, Robotics Master's Programme, Robotics Institute. Trustee, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Southwestern Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project.

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Climate Change

Introducing EarthTime: animations which show how our planet is changing

From deforestation to pandemics, this new tool visualizes planet-scale changes – aiming to bring the discussion about how we treat our home into sharp focus.

23 Apr 2018

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Cities and Urbanization

Cities, not nation states, will determine our future survival. Here's why

Most nation states have failed to deal with the major global challenges of our era. In their place, cities are stepping up, and these data visualizations help us understand how.

02 Jun 2017

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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

A glimpse into the future of robots, society and employment

How far are we in developing intelligent robots that can live and operate safely among us? Will automation take our jobs, or help us do our jobs better? How do we design machines that can...

02 May 2017

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Humanitarian Action

5 things you need to know about the world's refugee crisis

A warts-and-all overview of refugee flows, what they mean for countries and how the current international system has failed.

31 Jan 2017

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

What does our impact on Earth look like from space?

According to popular myth, the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space. In fact, until recently, no evidence of human habitation was visible from outside of Ear...

08 Sep 2015

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

Video: Why we need to use robots to empower people

Put people ahead of profits and make robots that are not products, but raw materials for people to create a new society, says Illah Nourbakhsh, from Carnegie Mellon University. He says we...

06 May 2015