(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-10)
Shim, Jaeeun; Arkin, Ronald C.
By increasing the use of autonomous rescue robots
in search and rescue (SAR), the chance of interaction between
rescue robots and human victims also grows. More specifically,
when autonomous rescue robots are considered in SAR, it is
important for robots to handle sensitively human victims’
emotions. Deception can potentially be used effectively by
robots to control human victims’ fear and shock as used by
human rescuers. In this paper, we introduce robotic deception
in SAR contexts and present a novel computational approach
for an autonomous rescue robot’s deceptive action selection
mechanism.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015)
Shim, Jaeeun; Arkin, Ronald C.
Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience challenges when interacting with
caregivers due to their declining control over their musculature. To remedy those challenges, a
robot mediator can be used to assist in the relationship between PD patients and their caregivers.
In this context, a variety of ethical issues can arise. To overcome one issue in particular,
providing therapeutic robots with a robot architecture that can ensure patients’ and caregivers’
dignity is of potential value. In this paper, we describe an intervening ethical governor for a
robot that enables it to ethically intervene, both to maintain effective patient–caregiver
relationships and prevent the loss of dignity.