Beyond speculative robot ethics: a vision assessment study on the future of the robotic caretaker.
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 led 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.
TNO Information and Communication Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Arjanna
A
van der Plas
Martijntje
M
Smits
Caroline
C
Wehrmann
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017028:Caregivers; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000639:trends; D012919:Social Behavior; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods*