Robot Ethics

Scope

Robot ethics is a growing interdisciplinary research effort roughly situated in the intersection of applied ethics and robotics with the aim of understanding the ethical implications and consequences of robotic technology, in particular, autonomous robots.

Activities

– The TC has been actively involved in organizing an increasing number of workshops and special sessions at main conferences (e.g., ICRA 2011, IACAP 2011, AISB 2012, and others).
– A spotlight article on the TC will appear in the December 2013 issue of IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine.
– Former and current TC co-chairs have been involved in various publications on different aspects of robot ethics (e.g., Veruggio, Solis and Van der Loos 2011, Lin, Bekey, and Abney 2012, Briggs and Scheutz 2012).
– Former and current TC co-chairs are also actively engaged in giving presentations inside and outside of academia on all aspects of Robot Ethics.
– Former and current TC co-chairs have also been actively distributing information on domestic/international workshops related to the TC.