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Title
Robots in care and everyday life : future, ethics, social acceptance / Uwe Engel, editor.
ISBN
9783031114472 (electronic bk.)
3031114477 (electronic bk.)
9783031114465 (print)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 130 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-11447-2 doi
Call Number
TJ211.49
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.8/924019
Summary
This open access book presents detailed findings about the ethical, legal, and social acceptance of robots in the German and European context. The key resource is the Bremen AI Delphi survey of scientists and politicians and a related population survey. The focus is on trust in robotic assistance, human willingness to use this assistance, and the expected personal well-being in human-robot interaction. Using recent data from Eurostat, the European Social Survey, and the Eurobarometer survey, the analysis is extended to Germany and the EU. The acceptance of robots in care and everyday life is viewed against their acceptance in other contexts of life and the scientific research. The book reports on how the probability of five complex future scenarios is evaluated by experts and politicians. These scenarios cover a broad range of topics, including the worst-case scenario of cutthroat competition for jobs, the wealth promise of AI, communication in human-robot interaction, robotic assistance, and ethical and legal conflicts. International economic competition alone will ensure that countries invest sustainably in the future technologies of AI and robots. But will these technologies also be accepted by the population? The book raises the core issue of how governments can gain the needed social, ethical, and user acceptance of AI and robots in everyday life. This highly topical book is of interest to researchers, professionals and policy makers working on various aspects of human-robot interaction. This is an open access book.
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Open access.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 19, 2022).
Series
SpringerBriefs in sociology, 2212-6376
Introduction
Chapter 1: Trustworthiness and digital well-being: The ethical, legal, and social challenge of robotic assistance
Chapter 2: Images of robotic assistance
Chapter 4: The challenge of autonomy: What we can learn from research on robots designed for harsh environments
Chapter 5: The legal challenge of robotic assistance
Chapter 6: Cognition-enabled robots in care and everyday life: Perspectives, challenges, current views and insights
Chapter 7: Ethical challenges of assistive robotics in the elderly care: Review and reflection.