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Robotics and Africa (Nigeria)
Fri Jan 23, 2004 5:59 am
Robotics and Africa: A Transhumanist Association of Nigeria Conference
Starts: Thursday, January 22, 2004
Ends: Saturday, January 24, 2004
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
The Transhumanist Association of Nigeria is holding a three-day conference from January 22 to 24, 2004 on the theme "Robotics and Africa."
Topics to be covered include:
African perspectives on the advent of robotics
Effects of roboticization on the economy of developed countries and global trade
Industrial robots versus human labor in African industry, mining and oil sector: Labor extenders or substitutes?
Military applications of robots
Advances in artificial intelligence and expert systems
Nanorobotics and biomedical applications
http://www.transhumanism.org/Nigeria/robotics.htm
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