Along with its potential contributions to the practice of care, social assistive robotics raises
significant ethical issues. The growing development of this technoscientific field of intelligent …

Purpose This study aims to introduce a conceptual framework for service robot (SR)
acceptance by customers, employees and policymakers–a framework to help determine …

As we come to increasingly rely on robotic and Artificial Intelligence technologies, there are
a growing number of ethical concerns to be considered by both service providers and …

Background Digital technologies, including robots, are being increasingly used in elderly
care. Their impact on users carries implications for successfully integrating technological …

The importance of technology in the workplace has been, and continues to be, on an
upward trajectory. Technological progress allows more and more functions once performed …

Critics currently argue that applied ethics approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) are too
principles-oriented and entail a theory–practice gap. Several applied ethical approaches try …

The original edition of this accessible and interdisciplinary textbook was the first to consider
the ethical issues of digital media from a global perspective, introducing ethical theories from …

Robots Won't Save Japan addresses the Japanese government's efforts to develop care
robots in response to the challenges of an aging population, rising demand for eldercare …

Realistic looking humanoid love and sex dolls have been available on a somewhat
secretive basis for at least three decades. But today the industry has gone mainstream with …

Many industry leaders and academics from the field of machine ethics would have us
believe that the inevitability of robots coming to have a larger role in our lives demands that …