
poliTE @ Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations 2020 in Twente
The poliTEam contributed its work and other presentations to the four-day virtual conference on the Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations. The conference organized by Peter-Paul Verbeek at the DesignLab of the University of Twente explores the relations between humans and technologies at the intersection of philosophy, design, ethics, art, and engineering. Bruno Gransche spoke about the […]
A case study of integrated research: The project poliTE – Social appropriateness for artificial assistants
As part of the current anthology “Das geteilte Ganze. Horizonte Integrierter Forschung für künftige Mensch-Technik-Verhältnisse” (Unofficial translation: “The shared whole. Horizons of Integrated Research for Future Human-Technology relations”), edited by Prof. Arne Manzeschke (Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg) and Dr. Bruno Gransche (University of Siegen), our project “poliTE – social appropriateness for artificial assistants” served as a case […]

Das geteilte Ganze. Horizonte Integrierter Forschung für künftige Mensch-Technik-Verhältnisse
The anthology “Das geteilte Ganze. Horizonte Integrierter Forschung für künftige Mensch-Technik-Verhältnisse” (Unofficial translation: “The shared whole. Horizons of integrated research for future human-technology relationships”), edited by Prof. Arne Manzeschke (Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg) and Dr. Bruno Gransche (Universität Siegen), has now been published by Springer VS. The anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the integrated research […]
A Ulysses Pact with Artificial Systems. How to Deliberately Change the Objective Spirit with Cultured AI
Bruno Gransches article “A Ulysses Pact with Artificial Systems. How to Deliberately Change the Objective Spirit with Cultured AI”, written in relation to his presentation at CEPE 2019, has now been published in the CEPE Proceedings 2019.
poliTE takes part in the Status and Networking Meeting of the BMBF in Berlin
From Nov 28th to 29th, 2019, the Status and Networking Meeting of the BMBF was held in Berlin. It was centered around the announcements “Autonomous Roboters for Assistance Functions: Interactive Basic Skills” („Autonome Roboter für Assistenzfunktionen: Interaktive Grundfertigkeiten“) and “Robots for Assistance Functions: Strategies of Interactions” („Roboter für Assistenzfunktionen: Interaktionsstrategien“).