Principles of robotics: regulating robots in the real world
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This paper proposes a set of five ethical principles, together with seven high-level messages, as a basis for responsible robotics. The Principles of Robotics were drafted in 2010 and published online in 2011. Since then the principles have influenced, and continue to influence, a number of initiatives in robot ethics but have not, to date, been formally published. This paper remedies that omission.
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Digital reasoning- and problem-solving agents only compare very superficially to their biological counterparts.
“In general, digital reasoning- and problem-solving agents only compare very superficially to their biological counterparts, (e.g. Boden, 2017; Shneiderman, 2020b).”
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Rule Semi-legal General Audience 4 says robots can give the impression of real intelligence while their intelligence is artificial. The Introduction also questions whether robots can understand human instructions as people do. These passages support a limited distinction between robots and humans, but do not establish the broader claim about digital reasoning and problem-solving agents generally or a comparison with biological counterparts. (LLM, conf=0.77)
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- Authors
- Boden, M., Bryson, J., Caldwell, D., Dautenhahn, K., Edwards, L., Kember, S., Newman, P., Parry, V., Pegman, G., Rodden, T., Sorrell, T., Wallis, M., Whitby, B., & Winfield, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Sussex (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Italian Institute of Technology (IT)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
- University of London (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Independent Scholar
- R.U.Robots (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of the West of England (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Winfield, Alan
- ORCID
- Venue
- Connection Science
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-04-03
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 124-129
- ISSN
- 0954-0091 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-0494
- OpenAlex
- W2584919286
- Cited by
- 193
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 42.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- Locations
- Connection Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Goldsmiths (University of London) (acceptedVersion)
- UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) (submittedVersion)
- University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Robotics and Automated Systems
- Keywords
- robot ethics, ethical principles, human-robot interaction
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