Laura Major is the CTO of autonomous mobility at Motional. Previously, she led the development of autonomous aerial vehicles at CyPhy Works and a division at Draper Laboratory. Major has been recognized as a national Society of Women Engineers Emerging Leader. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Julie Shah is a roboticist at MIT and an associate dean of social implications and responsibilities of computing. She directs the Interactive Robotics Group in the Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT. She was a Radcliffe fellow, has received an National Science Foundation Career Award, and has been named one of MIT Technology Review's "Innovators Under 35." She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots poses thought
provoking questions, and offers critical and timely advice about
how to build and live with tomorrow's working robots. With their
breadth and depth of experience in industry and academia, I can't
think of anyone more qualified to start this important discussion
than Laura Major and Julie Shah. A must-read for entrepreneurs,
government officials, and citizens alike."--Amy Villeneuve, former
President and COO, Amazon Robotics
"Major and Shah have written a highly entertaining book about the
importance of understanding human-robot interaction. Hollywood has
long given us a vision of what a future society full of robots may
look like. What to Expect When You're Expecting Robots book
explains many of the challenges we will have to overcome to deliver
on such a reality, from basic interaction to building complete
eco-systems."--Henrik Christensen, UC San Diego
"Our society is on the brink of a dramatic transformation, one that
will radically alter the relationship of humans and machines. Laura
Major and Julie Shah see the road ahead with unusual clarity, and
they offer a thoughtful, provocative, and wise account of what's to
come. Required reading for anyone thinking seriously about the
future, and the crucial decisions that will get us there."--Brian
Christian, best-selling author of Algorithms to Live By and The
Alignment Problem
"Shah and Major's engaging, deeply knowledgeable book again
demolishes the twentieth-century myth that autonomous robots
operate completely on their own. They show that the key to success
of robots in real human environments is collaboration with people
and infrastructure. Achieving success will take a new generation of
engineers, skilled in the social and behavioral sciences as well as
data and physical sciences. Major and Shah are the engineering
leaders of that generation."--David Mindell, professor, MIT &
founder, Humatics Corporation
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