Publication
Ethics for social robotics: A critical analysis
Conference Article
Conference
The Road to a Successful HRI: AI, Trust and ethicS Workshop, in the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2022) (TRAITS-HRI)
Edition
2022
Pages
1-3
Doc link
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.12555
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Abstract
Social robotics development for the practice of care and European prospects to incorporate these AI-based systems in institutional healthcare contexts call for an urgent ethical reflection to (re)configurate our practical life according to human values and rights. Despite the growing attention to the ethical implications of social robotics, the current debate on one of its central branches, social assistive robotics (SAR), rests upon an impoverished ethical approach. This paper presents and examines some tendencies of this prevailing approach, which have been identified as a result of a critical literature review. Based on this analysis of a representative case of how ethical reflection is being led towards social robotics, some future research lines are outlined, which may help reframe and deepen in its ethical implications.
Categories
intelligent robots, service robots, social aspects of automation.
Author keywords
Care, Ethics, HRI, Justice, Social robotics, Well-being
Scientific reference
J. Pareto, B. Román and C. Torras. Ethics for social robotics: A critical analysis, 2022 The Road to a Successful HRI: AI, Trust and ethicS Workshop, in the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2022), 2022, Sapporo, Japan, pp. 1-3.
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