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Robots at your service: Empowering healthy aging at European Robotics Week, 2016
Thosha Moodley
08 Dec 2016
The European Robotics Week in 2016 took place from 18 to 22 November in several countries including The Netherlands, Austria, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Serbia and many more. This event has been occ...
Should a care robot bring an alcoholic a drink? It depends on who owns the robot
Open Roboethics Initiative
24 Feb 2015
In a care scenario, a robot may have been purchased by the patient, by the doctor or hospital (which sent it home with the patient to monitor their health), or by a concerned family member who wants t...
Should ownership influence the decision-making of a care robot?
Open Roboethics Initiative
11 Feb 2015
For the past few months, the Open Roboethics initiative have been exploring the topic of care robots. During one of our meetings, we got into a discussion about whether the ownership of a robot sho...
How much interaction with a robot is socially acceptable?
Open Roboethics Initiative
13 Jan 2015
We have a tall order when it comes to dreaming up a trustworthy care robot: a robot could clean the house, find and fetch objects, and even keep seniors company. But if robots take on so many daily c...
