In information societies, operations, decisions and choices previously left to humans are increasingly delegated to algorithms, which may advise, if not decide, about how data should be interpreted and what actions should be taken as a result. More and more often, algorithms mediate social processes, business transactions, governmental decisions, and how we perceive, understand, and…
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Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!: HRI and the Automation of Police Use of Force
This paper considers the ethical challenges facing the development of robotic systems that deploy violent and lethal force against humans. While the use of violent and lethal force is not usually acceptable for humans or robots, police officers are authorized by the state to use violent and lethal force in certain circumstances in order to…
Sharing Our Humanity with Robots What Does It Mean To Be Human?
What does it mean to be human? Is it a simple biological definition, or does the concept involve specific values and attitudes? Beyond mere philosophical questioning, this article aims at deepening our understanding of what makes us human from a specific viewpoint: that of humans’ interaction with robots. Although most people still consider this issue…
A sociable robot to encourage social interaction among the elderly
In this paper, we present evidence that although current models for introduction of robotic companions stress individual encounters, a social community alternative is promising. This argument emerges from an experiment we conducted with a small interactive robot at two local nursing homes. Here we give a brief introduction to the robot and our experience at…
A sociable robot to encourage social interaction among the elderly
In this paper, we present evidence that although current models for introduction of robotic companions stress individual encounters, a social community alternative is promising. This argument emerges from an experiment we conducted with a small interactive robot at two local nursing homes. Here we give a brief introduction to the robot and our experience at…
The Robot in the Kitchen: The Cultural Politics of Care-Work
This paper considers two trends at opposite ends of the new economy: low-paid in-home care work, and the development of high-tech social robots. At present, the work of caring for the elderly, disabled, and convalescents is done primarily by women (disproportionately women of color) in the space of the home (Pratt, 1999). Meanwhile, in robotics…
Alone Together. Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.
Facebook. Twitter. SecondLife. Smart phones. Robotic pets. Robotic lovers. Thirty years ago we asked what we would use computers for. Now the question is what don’t we use them for. Now, through technology, we create, navigate, and perform our emotional lives.
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Consider Facebookits human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. In Alone Together, MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new…
The robot in the kitchen: The cultural politics of care-work and the development of in-home assistive technology
This paper considers two trends at opposite ends of the new economy: low-paid in-home care work, and the development of high-tech “social” robots. At present, the work of caring for the elderly, disabled, and convalescents is done primarily by women (disproportionately women of color) in the space of the home (Pratt, 1999). Meanwhile, in robotics…
A survey of socially interactive robots
This paper reviews socially interactive robots: robots for which social human robot interaction is important. We begin by discussing the context for socially interactive robots, emphasizing the relationship to other research fields and the different forms of social robots. We then present a taxonomy of design methods and system components used to build socially interactive…
Survey of social robots in Thailand
This paper attempts to present the current information related to the development of social robots in Thailand from various sources including the news media and academic publications in recent years. The state of development of socially interactive robot in Thailand reflects the acceptance and the needs of robotic technology in Thai society.
What I Learned While Wearing a Heart Monitor
Medical technology is increasingly effective, letting us keep track of conditions and even save lives. But there are risks in overuse, too.
Japan’s Robot Dogs Get Funerals as Sony Looks Away
Sony abandoned its robot dog Aibo, but owners still search for parts to keep pets alive.
Sterbehilfe: Acht Thesen zur Kultur des Sterbens
Die Debatte über «Sterbehilfe» sollte um die Auseinandersetzung mit einer Kultur des Sterbens erweitert werden.
Seeing like a Rover: Visualization, embodiment, and interaction on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Based on more than 2 years of ethnographic immersion with the Mars Exploration Rover mission, this paper examines the representational work and associated embodied practices through which the science and engineering team makes decisions about how and where to move their robots. Building on prior work in Science and Technology Studies on the importance of…