Ethical framework of assistive devices: review and reflection

The population of ageing is growing significantly over the world, and there is an emerging demand for better healthcare services and more care centres. Innovations of Information and Communication Technology has resulted in development of various types of assistive robots to fulfil elderly’s needs and independency, whilst carrying out daily routine tasks. This makes it vital to have a clear understanding of elderly’s needs and expectations from assistive robots. This paper addresses current ethical issues to understand elderly’s prime needs. Also, we consider other general ethics with the purpose of applying these theories to form a proper ethics framework. In the ethics framework, the ethical concerns of senior citizens will be prioritized to satisfy elderly’s needs and also to diminish related expenses to healthcare services

A Comparison Of Trust Measures In Human–Robot Interaction Scenarios

When studying Human–Robot Interaction (HRI), we often employ measures of trust. Trust is essential in HRI, as inappropriate levels of trust result in misuse, abuse, or disuse of that robot. Some measures of trust specifically target automation, while others specifically target HRI. Although robots are a type of automation, it is unclear which of the broader factors that define automation are shared by robots. However, measurements of trust in automation and trust in robots should theoretically still yield similar results. We examined an HRI scenario using (1) an automation trust scale and (2) a robotic trust scale. Findings indicated conflicting results coming from these respective trust scales. It may well be that these two trust scales examine separate constructs and are therefore not interchangeable. This discord shows us that future evaluations are required to identify scale appropriate context applications for either automation or robotic operations