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A World with RobotsExploring the Ethical Landscape of Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue

A World with Robots: Exploring the Ethical Landscape of Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue [As robots are increasingly used in Search and Rescue (SAR) missions, it becomes highly relevant to study how SAR robots can be developed and deployed in a responsible way. In contrast to some other robot application domains, e.g. military and healthcare, the ethics of robot-assisted SAR are relatively under examined. This paper aims to fill this gap by assessing and analyzing important values and value tensions of stakeholders of SAR robots. The paper describes the outcomes of several Value Assessment workshops that were conducted with rescue workers, in the context of a European research project on robot-assisted SAR (the TRADR project). The workshop outcomes are analyzed and key ethical concerns and dilemmas are identified and discussed. Several recommendations for future ethics research leading to responsible development and deployment of SAR robots are provided.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A World with RobotsExploring the Ethical Landscape of Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue

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
Harbers, Maaike; de Greeff, Joachim; Kruijff-Korbayová, Ivana; Neerincx, Mark A.; Hindriks, Koen V.
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
93 –107
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-46667-5_7
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Abstract

[As robots are increasingly used in Search and Rescue (SAR) missions, it becomes highly relevant to study how SAR robots can be developed and deployed in a responsible way. In contrast to some other robot application domains, e.g. military and healthcare, the ethics of robot-assisted SAR are relatively under examined. This paper aims to fill this gap by assessing and analyzing important values and value tensions of stakeholders of SAR robots. The paper describes the outcomes of several Value Assessment workshops that were conducted with rescue workers, in the context of a European research project on robot-assisted SAR (the TRADR project). The workshop outcomes are analyzed and key ethical concerns and dilemmas are identified and discussed. Several recommendations for future ethics research leading to responsible development and deployment of SAR robots are provided.]

Published: Jan 7, 2017

Keywords: Roboethics; Search and rescue robotics; Human-robot interaction; Ethical concerns; Values; Value sensitive design

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