Our Team
Leadership
Aimee van Wynsberghe
President and Co-Founder
Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe is currently Assistant Professor in Ethics of Technology at the Delft University of Technology. She has published the book Healthcare Robots: Ethics, Design and Implementation (Ashgate, 2015) as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. In 2015 she was awarded a prestigious Veni grant to study the ethical issues of service robots, and she has been named one of the 400 most successful women in the Netherlands under 38 (Viva 400). In 2017, she was named one of Robohub’s “25 women in robotics you need to know about”.
Noel Sharkey
Treasurer and Co-Founder
Noel Sharkey is Emeritus Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Sheffield and Chair of the NGO International Committee for Robot Arms Control. He has been a psychologist, artificial intelligence researcher, computer scientist, cognitive scientist, roboticist. He was well known for early work in neural computing and evolutionary methods before turning to robot ethics. He has held numerous research and teaching positions in the UK (Sheffield, Exeter, Essex) as well as the US (Yale, Stanford). Noel is best known to the public from his work on popular BBC series such as Robot Wars. He has nearly 2000 TV, Radio and print interviews and appearances under his belt.
Further information on Board of Directors
Executive Board
The FRR’s Executive Board is comprised of international world leading thinkers in technology and ethics. The board lends its expertise to FRR leadership to shape the future direction of the Foundation.
Nadia Abouayoub
Strategist of Finance and AI, British Computer Society
Laure Belot
Author, Journalist - Le Monde
Denise Garcia
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs - Northeastern University
Deborah Johnson
Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor Emeritus of Applied Ethics - University of Virginia
Naho Kitano
Former Representative Director - HiBot Corp.
Robin Murphy
Raytheon Professor of Computer and Engineering - Texas A&M
Fiorella Operto
President - Scuola di Robotica
Johanna Seibt
Professor with Special Responsibilities - Aarhus University
Sherry Turkle
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology - MIT
Susanne Beck
Legal Scholar - Liebniz University
Expertise Committees
The Expertise Committees are made up of experts in the technical and legal fields surrounding robotics and lend their knowledge for FRR operations including consultation documents and events.
Technical Expertise Committee
Legal Expertise Committee
Virginia Dignum
Associate Professor, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management - Delft University of Technology
Kay Firth-Butterfield
Barrister, Executive Director and Foundation Advocate - AI-Austin
Hin-Yan Liu
Associate Professor, Centre for International Law, Conflict and Crisis - University of Copenhagen
Kristen Thomasen
Assistant Professor of Law, Robotics and Society - University of Windsor, Canada
Denise Soesilo
Advisor on UAVs
Organizing Committee
The Organizing Committee is a group of members that handles the day-to-day operations of the FRR to ensure that it functions as planned (e.g., financial, membership, administrative, and operative matters).
Eduard Fosch Villaronga
Relationship Coordinator