• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • IEEE.org
  • IEEE Xplore
  • IEEE Standards
  • IEEE Spectrum
  • More Sites

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

  • IEEE.org
  • IEEE Xplore
  • IEEE Standards
  • IEEE Spectrum
  • More Sites

Africa

An African Perspective on Culturally Competent Social Robotics: Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matters in Human-Robot Interaction [Opinion]

December 12, 2024 by David Vernon

Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are playing a central role in driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa, powering the digital transformation of African economies through technological innovation. However, successful innovation requires trust, acceptance, and widespread adoption. In turn, these depend on sociocultural factors. This is particularly true in the … [Read more...] about An African Perspective on Culturally Competent Social Robotics: Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matters in Human-Robot Interaction [Opinion]

Primary Sidebar

Current Issue

Get the entire issue now.

 

About the Magazine

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (RAM) has over 14,000 readers who are the people who drive this remarkable technology. More than half work in basic research and many of the others are top level engineers and decision-makers in industry.  This magazine highlights new concepts in Robotics and Automation that are applied to real-world systems. It delivers tutorial and survey papers by distinguished experts in the field, organizes focused special issues on hot topics, and provides a forum for disseminating and discussing emerging trends, novel achievements, and selected news relevant to the development of the whole community active in these fields worldwide.

Past Issues

Search

Footer

LINKS

Home | Contact IEEE | Accessibility |
Nondiscrimination  Policy | IEEE Ethics Reporting | Terms & Disclosures| IEEE Privacy Policy

© Copyright 2025 IEEE – All rights reserved. A public charity, IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

ABOUT US

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine  publishes four issues per year: March, June, September and December.