01/09/2010 - Publications
Extended to Sept. 15th the deadline submission for the Robotics&Automation Magazine' s Special Issue on Roboethics
Reading time: 1 minuteThe Special issue on Roboethics of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine is planned for March 2011. Guest Editors are: Gianmarco Veruggio, Jorge Solis e Mike Van der Loos.
Introduction Robotics research is increasingly raising ethical implications related to the emerging interactions between robots and human beings. Roboethics deals with the ethical aspects of the design, development and employment of intelligent machines. It shares many "sensitive areas" with computer ethics, information ethics and bioethics. Progress in the field of computer science and telecommunications allows us to endow machines with enough intelligence so that they may act autonomously. Therefore, we can forecast that in the twenty-first century humanity will coexist with the first alien intelligence we have ever come in contact with – robots. However; as the application field for robots is widening, and the robot is coming out of the factory halls, new challenges are seen, and even a change of paradigm is taking shape. Not only roboticists, but also sociologists, psychologists and philosophers are discussing the potentialities and the limits of these intelligent machines in relation to human beings.
Scope, description and more information
Original and unpublished high-quality research results are solicited to explore and boost the new areas relevant to Roboethics.
Contributions are welcome on the ethical, legal and societal aspects of the following topics (but not limited to):•
Economy (Replacing humans in the workplace; Robotics and the job market)
Psychology (Position of humans in the control hierarchy; Robots and children)
Law (Robots and liability; Deployment of autonomously acting robots)
Health (Robotics in surgery; Robotics in health care, assistance, prosthetics and therapy)
Military application of robotics (Acceptability, Advantages and Risks, Codes)•
Environment (Underwater robotics noise pollution; Cleaning nuclear and toxic waste)
Service (Social robotics, Personal assistants, Companions)
Technical Dependability (Availability; Reliability; Safety; Security)
Important dates
Call for papers December 04, 2009
Deadline for paper submission: September 15, 2010 (extended)
First review October 15, 2010
Final review December 01, 2010
Publication March 2011