Personal robots, appearance, and human good: A methodological reflection on roboethics

International Journal of Social Robotics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Coeckelbergh, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appearance; Artificial intelligence; Ethics of robotics; Human flourishin; Personal robots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

APPEARANCE; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; HUMAN FLOURISHIN; HUMAN LIVES; PERSONAL ROBOT; PET ROBOTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; ROBOETHICS;

SOCIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 77955550741     PISSN: 18754791     EISSN: 18754805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-009-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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