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Roboethics and Robotic Governance – A Literature Review and Research Agenda

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ROBOT 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT 2017)

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Roboethics is an often-discussed topic in recent years. It has been addressed by science-fiction authors and Hollywood as well as by governments and scientists in various different ways. There seems to be a general consensus on the importance of the issue, but there are still many different approaches that did not achieve a great deal of awareness. Robotic Governance provides an opportunity to consolidate all these approaches and to start a discussion with all involved stakeholders in order to reach a consensus on research, manufacturing and use of technologies in the fields of robotics, automation as well as artificial intelligence. This is the first step to realize sustainable robotics and to successfully and consciously shape the future of coming generations of robotic natives without compromising our own needs.

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  1. TUM School of Education, Munich, Germany

    Dominik B. O. Bösl

  2. KUKA AG, Augsburg, Germany

    Dominik B. O. Bösl & Martina Bode

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  1. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    Anibal Ollero

  2. Institut de Robòtica I Informàtica Industrial (CSIC-UPC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Alberto Sanfeliu

  3. Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas, Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain

    Luis Montano

  4. Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Nuno Lau

  5. IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Carlos Cardeira

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Bösl, D.B.O., Bode, M. (2018). Roboethics and Robotic Governance – A Literature Review and Research Agenda. In: Ollero, A., Sanfeliu, A., Montano, L., Lau, N., Cardeira, C. (eds) ROBOT 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference. ROBOT 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 693. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70833-1_12

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