Symposium Space: ELSI Review of a Robotics Intiative

Jesse Kirikpatrick

Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick is a research associate professor in George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing and Co-Director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center. Jesse is also an International Security Fellow at New America. He has led numerous initiatives to advance Responsible AI in education, research, and policy. He regularly consults on ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI for government and industry, and he has played a pivotal role in developing responsible innovation frameworks and practices in the commercial tech sector and for defense contexts. Prior to joining George Mason University, Jesse was a consultant for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and held a post-doctoral research fellowship at the US Naval Academy. His current book, Drones, Robots, and Super Soldiers: Emerging Technologies and Military Virtue, is under contract by Harvard University Press.

Alexis E. Block

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Case School of Engineering

Human-robot interaction, social robotics, social touch, tactile sensors, haptics.