Title: Virtobot: The convincing role of artificial intelligence in the crime investigation

Biography:

Heena Goswami, working as Assistant Professor of Science and Technology in one of the top three National Law Schools of India. She has served as a Forensic Expert in the State Forensic Science Laboratory and has investigated and opined for more than 200 cases like homicide, hanging, suicide, poisoning, motor vehicle accidents, robbery, burglary, and forgery etc. as the Expert Witness. She has conducted and organized various training programs on Investigation and Trials for Practitioners, Professionals, Academicians and the Students. She has published various articles of national and international repute. She has developed interdisciplinary approaches in various subjects combining the components of Science and Law Enforcement.

Abstract

The advances in scientific technology in the recent past have taken the modern world by the tempest.  AI has been introduced to describe the emergence of an interconnected world that expands beyond the purely digital domain to interact with the physical and biological ones. The manuscript focuses on Virtobot, an AI which is a product of interdisciplinary sciences that is believed to be the future of forensic sciences and criminal investigation. Virtobot uses a technology called virtopsy which is based on imaging techniques and forensic medicine and is touted for its non-invasive autopsy procedure. Studies show that the level of accuracy of Virtobot’s imaging technique can help detect peculiarities and injuries that may go unnoticed in traditional autopsies. For the first time ever, a forensic examination of a living person seems possible through Virtobot which has a stronger imaging capability than a CT scan or an MRI.