Module 1: Cultural Awareness

The first module will make participants aware about personal culture and how it affects humans and their environment alike. There will also be a first introduction into what ‘AI’ and ‘robot’ means, and where public conceptions about these topics might be wrong.

There will be four learning units:

• 1.1 – Definitions, terminology and course orientation
• 1.2 – Need for AI and robotics
• 1.3 – Misconceptions and stereotypes about robots
• 1.4 – Cultural values, attitudes, views about SARs