With power comes responsibility: as robots become more advanced and prevalent, the role
they will play in human society becomes increasingly important. Given that violence is an …

This paper pertains to research works aiming at linking ethics and automated reasoning in
autonomous machines. It focuses on a formal approach that is intended to be the basis of an …

Our research goals are to understand and model the factors that affect trust in automation
across a variety of application domains. For the initial surveys described in this paper, we …

There is a significant body of research seeking to enable moral decision making and ensure
moral conduct in robots. One aspect of moral conduct is rejecting immoral human …

Throughout the history of automation, there have been numerous accidents attributed to the
inappropriate use of automated systems. Over-reliance and under-reliance on automation …

The design of current natural language-oriented robot architectures enables certain
architectural components to circumvent moral reasoning capabilities. One example of this is …

Warfare is becoming increasingly automated, from automatic missile defense systems to
micro-UAVs (WASPs) that can maneuver through urban environments with ease, and each …

This study presents a historical overview of the International Conference on Human Robot
Interaction (HRI). It summarizes its growth, internationalization and collaboration. Rankings …

Our research goals are to understand and model the factors that affect trust in intelligent
systems across a variety of application domains. In this chapter, we present two methods …

Biological brains are inherently limited in their capacity to process and store information, but
are nevertheless capable of solving complex tasks with apparent ease. Intelligent behavior …