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Practical aspects of implementation of ethical issues in Social Assistive RoboticsDr. Marina FridinCTO, LikeMeRoPersonal Educational RobotRobotics Expo, Moscow2013Human EthicsEthics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct

In philosophy, ethics studies the moral behavior in humans and how one should act.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EthicsOur society in 10 years

NTT Technical Review Distribution of robotics areas

Personal and Service RobotsAssistive Robotics

Socially Assistive Robotics

Therapeutic and Educational Social Assistive Robotics laboratory

Cerebral Palsy

Normally Developed

Behavioral Uncanny Valley Model

Socially Assistive RoboticsAssistive RoboticsBehaviorAppearance

Why human afraid of robots?Mate selectionMortality salience.Violation of human normsConflicting perceptual cuesReligious definition of human identity

Lets Face It!!!

Socially Assistive RoboticsAssistive RoboticsBehaviorAppearanceWe are hereRoboethics

Socially Assistive RoboticsAssistive RoboticsBehaviorAppearanceWe are here

RoboethicsGreat Technology is not enough!!!Roboethics, history3 Laws of robotics, AsimovA robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.Roboethics.orgFirst International Symposium on Roboethics Sanremo, Italy, 30th - 31rd January 2004Simposiume each year in ICRA conference

Ethics for Educational Social Robotics, WHY?PracticeIt took as YEAR to find kindergarten to perform experiments!!!It took as 3 YEARS to get permeation from Israeli Ministry of Education to enter kindergartenLaw certificate from European Community was not enough Finally we got a permeation for set of 4 experimentsWe submitted more then 20 documentsTheoryVery low acceptance of robotics shown by different populationGreat Technology is not enough!!!

Ethics for Educational Social Robotics, ApproachDefine CustomersDefine their concernsDefine ethical principals answering these concerns Define Customers

Children Parents Educational StaffEducational StaffMain concernMortality salienceResponsibility for ethical principals in kindergartenEthical PrincipalsTeacher is a part of the design process Training Programs

ParentsFirst Meeting ProcedureEthical documentSigned permeations

Main ConcernEthical DocumentMate selectionPrevention of emotional attachmentMortality salienceThe robot is a toy, assistant to teacher/parentViolation of human normsClassical RoboEthics, e.g. Privacy ,Confidentiality Conflicting perceptual cuesShow whole cycle of robots behavior, we put the robot with other toysReligious definition of human identityLooking forward to deal with it (Help!!!!)Ethical Principles to be followed in RoboethicsHuman Dignity and Human Rights Equality, Justice and Equity Benefit and Harm Respect for Cultural Diversity and Pluralism Non-Discrimination and Non-Stigmatization Autonomy and Individual Responsibility Informed Consent Privacy Confidentiality Solidarity and Cooperation Social Responsibility Sharing of Benefits Responsibility towards the BiosphereChildrenFirst Meeting Procedure, few examples:The staff member introduced the KindSAR to the children and then allowed to robot to initiate the procedure. The purpose of the First Meeting Procedure was to introduce to children the humanoid robotic tool, a mechanism, which selectively emulates aspects of human-like appearance and behavior (Kemp et.al, 2008). KindSAR expressed feedback in a manner similar to the feedback conventions typically employed by the staff. Full disclosure procedure, the KindSAR explained its mission: It was there to play with children. To demonstrate the kind of games the KindSAR would play with them ( Simon Says )KindSAR explained its limitations by telling the children that its a robot and does not understand everything. To prevent the childrens emotional attachment to the robot as far as possible, and to dissimilate the robot from a human being, the KindSAR repeatedly stated that it is a robot. In our previous experiment, we observed that children were very concerned when the robot fell down. To prevent such concerns, the KindSAR told the children that it sometimes falls down (because it is a robot) and demonstrated how it happens. To explain possible changes in its appearance and behavior, the KindSAR said that it occasionally becomes ill and then must be taken to the robot doctor. The KindSAR also explained that it cannot play with children for an extended period of time, because it needs to eat often: It eats when the staff connects it to an electric socket. Thus, when the KindSAR separates from the children, it tells them that it must go to eat and sleep.

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Why parents do not like mobile phones?Fridin, M. (2014), Kindergarten Social Assistive Robot: First Meeting and Ethical Issues, Computers in Human Behavior, pp. 53-64

Educational and Ethical CertificateThank are you a lot for your attention!!!The purpose of this lecture is to initiate discussion.We are looking forward to hearing your feedback and opinion.

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