Designing soft robots: Ethics-based guidelines for human-robot interactions

Soft-bodied robots offer the possibility for social engagement, and novel tactile human-robot interactions that require careful consideration of the potential for misplaced emotional attachments and personally and socially destructive behavior by users. The ethical challenges related to human-robot interactions and how these should contribute to soft robotics design in the context of social interaction are discussed in a compelling new article in Soft Robotics.

Robot vacuum cleaner plans to sell maps of people’s homes – Telegraph.co.uk

Robot vacuum cleaners have been hoovering up more than dust and grime as they autonomously travel around owners' floors, and the information could soon be up for sale. Roomba's robot hoovers ...
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