Beyond Speculative Robot Ethics

TY - JOUR

T1 - Beyond Speculative Robot Ethics

AU - Smits, M.

AU - Van der Plas, A.

N1 - Reporting year: 2010

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - In this article we develop a dialogue model for robot technology experts and designated users to discuss visions on the future of robotics in long-term care. Our vision assessment study aims for more distinguished and more informed visions on future robots. Surprisingly, our experiment also lead to some promising co-designed robot concepts in which jointly articulated moral guidelines are embedded. With our model we think to have designed an interesting response on a recent call for a less speculative ethics of technology by encouraging discussions about the quality of positive and negative visions on the future of robotics.

AB - In this article we develop a dialogue model for robot technology experts and designated users to discuss visions on the future of robotics in long-term care. Our vision assessment study aims for more distinguished and more informed visions on future robots. Surprisingly, our experiment also lead to some promising co-designed robot concepts in which jointly articulated moral guidelines are embedded. With our model we think to have designed an interesting response on a recent call for a less speculative ethics of technology by encouraging discussions about the quality of positive and negative visions on the future of robotics.

U2 - 10.1080/08989621.2010.524078

DO - 10.1080/08989621.2010.524078

M3 - Article

SN - 0898-9621

VL - 17

SP - 299

EP - 314

JO - Accountability in Research

JF - Accountability in Research

IS - 6

ER -