This article addresses some of the most important legal and ethical issues posed by robot companions. Firstly, we clarify that robots are to be deemed objects and more precisely products. This on the one hand excludes the legitimacy of all such considerations involving robots as bearers of own rights and obligations, and forces a functional approach in the analysis. Secondly, pursuant to these methodological considerations we address the most relevant ethical and legal concerns, ranging from the risk of dehumanization and isolation of the user, to privacy and liability concerns, as well as financing of the diffusion of this—still expensive—technology. Solutions are briefly sketched, in order to provide the reader with sufficient indications...
Wearable robots and exoskeletons are relatively new technologies designed for assisting and augmenti...
We use a long-term study of a robotic eating-aid for disabled users to illustrate how empirical use ...
The article comprises legislation questions in robotics and studies the laws that are being designed...
This article addresses some of the most important legal and ethical issues posed by robot companions...
The aim of this paper is to establish the grounds for a future regulatory framework for Person Carri...
In this paper the European flagship project proposal Robot Companion for Citizens (RCC), grounded on...
This paper considers the hotly debated issue of whether one should grant moral and legal personhood ...
Social robots, those that exhibit personality and communicate with us using high-level dialogue and ...
As robots are increasingly integrated into human society, associated problems will resemble or merge...
This article presents the state of the art in design and production of robots for military as well a...
Ethical, legal and societal implications (ELSI) in the development of wearable robots (WRs) are curr...
This article addresses responsible robotics from a legal perspective. However, instead of focusing o...
Robots are slowly, but certainly, entering peopleâs professional and private lives. They require the...
The European Commission in its key policy recommendations, advocates for the inclusion of two \u2018...
Wearable robots and exoskeletons are relatively new technologies designed for assisting and augmenti...
We use a long-term study of a robotic eating-aid for disabled users to illustrate how empirical use ...
The article comprises legislation questions in robotics and studies the laws that are being designed...
This article addresses some of the most important legal and ethical issues posed by robot companions...
The aim of this paper is to establish the grounds for a future regulatory framework for Person Carri...
In this paper the European flagship project proposal Robot Companion for Citizens (RCC), grounded on...
This paper considers the hotly debated issue of whether one should grant moral and legal personhood ...
Social robots, those that exhibit personality and communicate with us using high-level dialogue and ...
As robots are increasingly integrated into human society, associated problems will resemble or merge...
This article presents the state of the art in design and production of robots for military as well a...
Ethical, legal and societal implications (ELSI) in the development of wearable robots (WRs) are curr...
This article addresses responsible robotics from a legal perspective. However, instead of focusing o...
Robots are slowly, but certainly, entering peopleâs professional and private lives. They require the...
The European Commission in its key policy recommendations, advocates for the inclusion of two \u2018...
Wearable robots and exoskeletons are relatively new technologies designed for assisting and augmenti...
We use a long-term study of a robotic eating-aid for disabled users to illustrate how empirical use ...
The article comprises legislation questions in robotics and studies the laws that are being designed...