Breakthrough technologies: robotics and IP

摘要

Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) have huge potential to transform many aspects of our lives. Recent trials with humanoid robots in supermarkets, schools, hospitals and retirement homes in Europe, the United States and Japan give a sense of this. Hollywood movies like Ex-Machina and Her have also attracted public attention, raising questions about the potential superiority of robots and Al. But how is innovation in robotics taking place, and what is the role of intellectual property (IP) in that process?