A Code of Ethics for the Human-Robot Interaction Profession
Proceedings of We Robot, 2014
10 Pages Posted: 3 Apr 2016
Date Written: April 4, 2014
Abstract
As robots transition into human social environments, a new range of technical, ethical, and legal challenges are arising. This paper discusses the unique ethical challenges facing HRI practitioners designing robots for these spaces, and proposes a code of ethics for the profession. We argue that the affordance of all rights and protections ordinarily assumed in human-human interactions apply to human-robot interaction, and discuss various social, legal, and design considerations to facilitate this.
Keywords: robotics, human-robot interaction, policy, ethics, law, design
JEL Classification: O33
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