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A World with RobotsAn Intervening Ethical Governor for a Robot Mediator in Patient-Caregiver Relationships

A World with Robots: An Intervening Ethical Governor for a Robot Mediator in Patient-Caregiver... [Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience challenges when interacting with caregivers due to their declining control over their musculature. To remedy those challenges, a robot mediator can be used to assist in the relationship between PD patients and their caregivers. In this context, a variety of ethical issues can arise. To overcome one issue in particular, providing therapeutic robots with a robot architecture that can ensure patients’ and caregivers’ dignity is of potential value. In this paper, we describe an intervening ethical governor for a robot that enables it to ethically intervene, both to maintain effective patient-caregiver relationships and prevent the loss of dignity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A World with RobotsAn Intervening Ethical Governor for a Robot Mediator in Patient-Caregiver Relationships

Part of the Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering Book Series (volume 84)
Editors: Aldinhas Ferreira, Maria Isabel; Silva Sequeira, Joao; Tokhi, Mohammad Osman; E. Kadar, Endre; Virk, Gurvinder Singh
Shim, Jaeeun; Arkin, Ronald C.
Springer Journals — Jan 7, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-46665-1
Pages
77 –91
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-46667-5_6
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Abstract

[Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience challenges when interacting with caregivers due to their declining control over their musculature. To remedy those challenges, a robot mediator can be used to assist in the relationship between PD patients and their caregivers. In this context, a variety of ethical issues can arise. To overcome one issue in particular, providing therapeutic robots with a robot architecture that can ensure patients’ and caregivers’ dignity is of potential value. In this paper, we describe an intervening ethical governor for a robot that enables it to ethically intervene, both to maintain effective patient-caregiver relationships and prevent the loss of dignity.]

Published: Jan 7, 2017

Keywords: Robot mediator; Parkinson disease patients; Patient-caregiver relationship; Intervening ethical governor architecture; Rules; Evaluating the intervening ethical governor

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