ThingsCon Rotterdam 2018
06 Dec 2018
BlueCity, Rotterdam
At Thingscon 2018, City of Things lab organised a workshop about envisioning the design and development of autonomous things for the smart city.
On 6 December 2018, PACT arranged a workshop for ThingsCon 2018’s participants. The workshop was attended by 9 people. The participants were professional computer scientists, experienced design researchers, young design professionals, and design master students. The goal was to identify a set of topics representing the main opportunities and challenges related to the design and development of autonomous things for the smart city.
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Presentation and discussion
More impressions of the workshop follow soon.
- A group that worked on the national angel drone addressed a concern regarding personal privacy drone services. The group suggested that people should not have their own drones, but it should be global service.
- The other group who worked on the self sufficient robot cleaner, noticed how humans can support the robots to do their job properly.
- The group that worked on the efficient public transport robot t was interested in priority of passengers. Who should the robots serve first? Should it be people with high social status or with high who have high morals?
- The last group that worked on the friendly delivery robot raised a concern regarding hierarchy on the roads, should delivery robots wait for human to go first during a traffic?
Researcher
![Maria Luce Lupetti](https://delftdesignlabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Maria-Luce_350x350_acf_cropped-350x350-c-center.jpg)