Reflections on the design challenges prompted by affect-aware socially assistive robots

Jason R. Wilson and Matthias Scheutz and Gordon Briggs

The rising interest in socially assistive robotics is, at least in part, stemmed by the aging population around the world. A lot of research and interest has gone into insuring the safety of these robots. However, little has been done to consider the necessary role of emotion in these robots and the potential ethical implications of having affect-aware socially assistive robots. In this chapter we address some of the considerations that need to be taken into account in the research and development of robots assisting a vulnerable population.

@incollection{wilsonetal16affect,
  title={Reflections on the design challenges prompted by affect-aware socially assistive robots},
  author={Jason R. Wilson and Matthias Scheutz and Gordon Briggs},
  year={2016},
  booktitle={Emot. Personal. Pers. Syst.},
  publisher={Springer},
  url={https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/wilsonetal16affect.pdf}
  doi={10.1007/978-3-319-31413-6_1}
}