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A Construction Manual for Robots' Ethical Systems

Requirements, Methods, Implementations

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  • Explores modern applications such as assistive robots and self-driving cars
  • Valuable for practitioners and researchers in robotics, computer science and engineering
  • Contributors among leading researchers on this topic

Part of the book series: Cognitive Technologies (COGTECH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Requirements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. Robot: Multiuse Tool and Ethical Agent

      • Brigitte Krenn
      Pages 11-29
  3. Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. Ethical Regulation of Robots Must Be Embedded in Their Operating Systems

      • Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu, Selmer Bringsjord
      Pages 85-99
    3. Grafting Norms onto the BDI Agent Model

      • Mihnea TufiÅŸ, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia
      Pages 119-133
  4. Implementations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. Case-Supported Principle-Based Behavior Paradigm

      • Michael Anderson, Susan Leigh Anderson
      Pages 155-168
    3. The Potential of Logic Programming as a Computational Tool to Model Morality

      • Ari Saptawijaya, Luís Moniz Pereira
      Pages 169-210

About this book

This book will help researchers and engineers in the design of ethical systems for robots, addressing the philosophical questions that arise and exploring modern applications such as assistive robots and self-driving cars.

The contributing authors are among the leading academic and industrial researchers on this topic and the book will be of value to researchers, graduate students and practitioners engaged with robot design, artificial intelligence and ethics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Brian Research Medical University of Vienna, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies (OSGK), Vienna, Austria

    Robert Trappl

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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