Ethical and Social Impacts of Robot Kitchens

US National Science Foundation
Funded project on AI kitchens and robot cooks (2022-2026)

CALL FOR PAPERS!

Project News

29 August 2024
The Conversation
Robots Are Coming to the Kitchen—What That Could Mean for Society and Culture

Reprints in Smithsonian Magazine, Discover, Fast Company, Salon, SF Chronicle, SF Gate, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Food Manufacturing, TechXplore, Atlantico (France), Japan Today, many others

3 October 2022
Cal Poly
Cal Poly Wins $700,000 Federal Grant to Study the Social Impacts of AI Kitchens and Robot Cooks

Global Workshop Series

Why? Because food is so fundamental to human survival, it's entangled with many aspects of daily life and traditions, across every culture in the world. Different cultures may have different attitudes around food and technology, so it's important to understand the diversity of perspectives worldwide.

6-7 May 2025
AI Kitchens & Robot Cooks: Ethical and Social Impacts (workshop #3)

Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican
More information to come

23-24 May 2024
AI Kitchens & Robot Cooks: Ethical and Social Impacts (workshop #2)

Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics—Prague


Program

• Full version
• Short version
• Short write-up and photos of workshop

Project Sponsors

• US National Science Foundation
• Cal Poly, Philosophy Dept.
• Czech Academy of Sciences, CETE-P
• Horizon EU Framework Programme

13-14 July 2023
AI Kitchens & Robot Cooks: Ethical and Social Impacts (workshop #1)

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
JUSTIN and J. LOHR Center for Wine and Viticulture


Program

• Full version
• Short version

Project Sponsors

• US National Science Foundation
• Cal Poly, Philosophy Dept.
• Cal Poly, Wine & Viticulture Dept.

Contact

• Patrick Lin, Ph.D., Director
  palin [at] calpoly.edu

Focus Page

• Click here for other AI and robot ethics work