Ryo Morimoto, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, was recently featured in The FAS Current, an online news platform for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, for his course “Robots in Human Ecology" (ANTHRO 1956). Through hands-on assignments—such as guiding robots through public spaces—this seminar brings together students from engineering, computer science, and the humanities to examine how robots are shaped by social, cultural, and political contexts, as well as technical design. Encouraging students to reflect on human responses to robots and the broader implications of emerging technologies, Prof. Morimoto's interdisciplinary approach aims to introduce ethical and human-centered perspectives into robotics education.

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