Edson is heading the Phi Robotics Research Group at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Edson is Member of the UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group for the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence; Member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation; South America Ambassador at IEEE TechEthics; Member of UNESCO IFAP Information Accessibility Working Group; Member of the MIT/IEEE Global Council on Extended Intelligence and Past Associate Vice President on the IEEE RAS Industrial Activities Board.