The FRR and the 4TU joined forces to co-organize an informal meeting aimed at discussing the role that ethics can and should play in the development of European (and International standards) for robots in healthcare.
Important questions addressed were:
- the converging of disciplines (robotics is about AI, big data, machine learning and so on);
- should a standard address all of these;
- healthcare as a morally charged context and the role of technology within this space;
- the role of industry/academics/policy makers in ensuring responsible technology
After the conclusion of the workshop, the European Commission released a response to the European Parliament’s resolution of civil law rules on robotics. For this reason, the workshop participants will work on generating a white paper to discuss the issues in detail as well as respond to the points made by the commission. This white paper will be posted to the FRR website upon completion.
Workshop Participants
- Amanda Sharkey, University of Sheffield
- Aimee van Wynsberghe, TU Delft
- Eduard Fosch, University of Twente
- Shannon Vallor, Santa Clara University
- Vanessa Rampton, ETH Zurich
- Monique Van der Linde, Opinar – Optimising People in Applying Robotics
- Cristina Zaga, University of Twente
- Guglielmo Tamburrini, University of Naples Federico II
- Wang Long Li, TU Delft
- Kostas Nizamis, University of Twente
- Lina Sors Emilsson, Uppsala University
- Duuk Baten, University of Twente
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