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Integrating Roboticist Values into a Value Sensitive Design Framework for Humanoid Robots

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EunJeong Cheon,

Norman Makoto SuAuthors Info & Claims

HRI '16: The Eleventh ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction

Pages 375 - 382

Published: 07 March 2016 Publication History

Abstract

A good body of work in HRI has investigated how to design humanoids to effectively serve users' needs. This user centered approach has proved fruitful, but there exists relatively little work examining the intent and values of the roboticists themselves. Furthermore, we know little of how the values of roboticists influence their own designs. Such knowledge could help designers better reflect on whether their designs effectively convey particular ethics to their users. In this study, we analyzed 27 interviews of pioneer humanoid roboticists, seeking to identify the values of such roboticists. Our results suggest that roboticists' values are shaped by a dominant engineering-based background that emphasizes robotics as a field of integration (especially humanoids). Roboticists also see robots as testbeds for learning about humans themselves. We advocate a VSD approach for humanoids that goes beyond engineering disciplines and forces values to the forefront of discussion.

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Index Terms

Integrating Roboticist Values into a Value Sensitive Design Framework for Humanoid Robots
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Planning and scheduling
      1. Robotic planning
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User interface design

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HRI '16: The Eleventh ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction

March 2016

676 pages

ISBN:9781467383707

General Chairs:
Christoph Bartneck
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Yukie Nagai
Osaka University, Japan
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Ana Paiva
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Selma Šabanović
Indiana University Bloomington, USA

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Cheon ESu NKanda TŜabanović SHoffman GTapus A(2018)Futuristic AutobiographiesProceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3171221.3171244(388-397)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3171221.3171244
Cheon ESu NLee CPoltrock SBarkhuus LBorges MKellogg W(2017)Configuring the UserProceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing10.1145/2998181.2998329(191-206)Online publication date: 25-Feb-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2998181.2998329
Lee HŠabanović SChang WNagata SPiatt JBennett CHakken DMutlu BTscheligi MWeiss AYoung J(2017)Steps Toward Participatory Design of Social RobotsProceedings of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/2909824.3020237(244-253)Online publication date: 6-Mar-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2909824.3020237

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