Machine Dreams.

The article presents a roundtable discussion on robotics, featuring roboticists Robin Murphy of Texas A&M University, Red Whittaker of Carnegie Mellon University, Javier Movellan of the University of California San Diego, and Rodney Brooks of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Topics include the definition of a robot, the role of robotics in space exploration, using robots for search and rescue, and the relation between human and robots.