What do care robots reveal about technology?

Hendrikus J.A. op den Akker

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    Abstract

    Ethical issues raised by the idea of social robots that care point at a fundamental difference between man and machine. What sort of “difference‿ is this? We propose a semiotic view on technology to clarify the relations users have with social robots. Are these autonomous agents just promising or can we also count on them?
    Original languageUndefined
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1st international conference on social robots in therapy and education, NewFriends 2015
    Place of PublicationAlmere, The Netherlands
    PublisherWindesheim Flevoland
    Pages82-83
    Number of pages2
    ISBN (Print)not assigned
    Publication statusPublished - 23 Oct 2015
    Event1st international conference on social robots in therapy and education, New Friends 2015 - Almere, Netherlands
    Duration: 22 Oct 2015 → 23 Oct 2015
    Conference number: 1

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    PublisherWindesheim, Flevoland

    Conference

    Conference1st international conference on social robots in therapy and education, New Friends 2015
    Abbreviated titleNew Friends 2015
    CountryNetherlands
    CityAlmere
    Period22/10/15 → 23/10/15

    Keywords

    • HMI-CI: Computational Intelligence
    • EWI-26242
    • Philosophy of Technology
    • METIS-314948
    • Robot ethics
    • IR-98112
    • Artificial Intelligence

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      op den Akker, H. J. A. (2015). What do care robots reveal about technology? In Proceedings of the 1st international conference on social robots in therapy and education, NewFriends 2015 (pp. 82-83). Almere, The Netherlands: Windesheim Flevoland.