04/05/2004 - Lectures
Trialogues: Conference on "Humankind/robot coexistence" in Medicine
Reading time: 0.5 minutesIt will be discussed the ethical problem posed by the Biomedical Robotics. This includes the medical applications of robotics and mechatronics, such as in surgery, endoscopy, rehabilitation, assistance to the disabled and the elderly, and prosthetics, as well as research and application in more speculative areas, such as the modelling and replication if biological systems.
It will be discussed the ethical problem posed by the Biomedical Robotics. This includes the medical applications of robotics and mechatronics, such as in surgery, endoscopy, rehabilitation, assistance to the disabled and the elderly, and prosthetics, as well as research and application in more speculative areas, such as the modelling and replication if biological systems. Biomedical Robotics poses new and exciting problems for theory and technology, not only to Robotics as such, but to many other disciplines. Biomedical Robots is expected to improve the quality of health care and life for citizens, and it has also strong potential for the development of a new and solid industry. However, Biomedical Robotics is already encountering ethical problems which are going to become more serious as this field grows. Actually, ethical issues come from the tight interaction between BioRobotics and human beings and from the many analogies with Bioethics.