Special issue on Ethics, law, and psychology towards responsible robotics for the society

Abstract

They survey existing robot technology that can be used for pandemic care and summarize desired robot properties for it Robot technology has been expanding from closed spaces such as factories to open spaces such as homes and streets Benn and Grastien propose an acceptable robot behavior design reducing moral ambiguity, in which a robot avoids actions that could not be permissible from a partially observable human observer even if they are actually permissible [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Advanced Robotics is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder s express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )