Ken Goldberg on Robots and the Cloud in Time Magazine
Ken Goldberg argues that the cloud will be the key to our robotic future in Time Magazine in an article originally published by The Aspen Institute. The article traces the history of cloud robotics and explains the importance of this field for the general realm of robotic innovation, before enumerating and detailing the five key elements of cloud robotics (Big Data, Cloud Computing, Open-Source, Collective Robot Learning, Crowdsourcing and call centers).
Further information on robots and the cloud can be found in Why We Love Robots, a five-minute short documentary film Ken co-directed with his wife, award-winning filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, that combines cultural references and found footage to explore our human fascination with robots and emerging research in Cloud Robotics. It was nominated for a 2104 Emmy Award and won a “Botscar” (Robot film Oscar) at the 2014 Robot Film Festival.