Program
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Invited Speaker: George BEKEY University of Southern California, USA Military robotics: Technology, Risks and Ethical Issues |
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SESSION I: Warfare Robotics Chair: J. SOLIS Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 9:30 |
Operator Responsibility and Lethality in Autonomous Combat Robotic System Ronald C. ARKIN College of Computing, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| 9:50 |
Roboethics and Telerobotic Weapons Systems John. P. SULLINS Philosophy Department, Sonoma State University, California, U.S. |
| 10:10 |
Safety-Oriented Alternatives to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Robin R. MURPHY Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION II: Social Robotics and HRI Chair: Gianmarco VERUGGIO CNR-IEIIT, Genova, Italy |
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| 10:50 |
The Inherent Dangers of Unidirectional Emotional Bonds Matthias SCHEUTZ Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory, Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 11:10 |
Piagetian Roboethics via Category Theory: Moving Beyond Mere Formal Operations to Engineer Robots Whose Decisions are Guaranteed to be Ethically Correct Selmer BRINGSJORD, Joshua TAYLOR, T. HOUSTEN, B. HEUVELN, Konstantine ARKOUDAS, M. CLARK, Ralph WOJTOWICZ Department of Cognitive Science, Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer AI & Reasoning (RAIR) Lab, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, USA; Metron Inc., Reston, Virginia, USA |
| 11:30 |
Robotic Companions Lawrence M. HINMAN Center for Ethics in Science & Technology, Department of Philosophy, University of San Diego, USA |
| 11:50 |
New Challenges for the Implementation of RoboEthics Education in Japan Jorge SOLIS, Atsuo TAKANISHI Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan |
| 12:10 - 12:40 | PANEL OF DISCUSSION I |
| 12:40 - 13:40 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 13:40 - 14:10 |
Invited Speaker: Masakatsu G. FUJIE Waseda University, Japan Experiences on Ethical and Legal Issues on Medical/Welfare Robotics in Japan |
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SESSION III: Ethics & Law and Society Chair: Matthias SCHEUTZ Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory, Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA |
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| 14:10 |
Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues in the Strategic Research Agenda of the Coordination Action for Robotics in Europe Gianmarco VERUGGIO, Fiorella OPERTO CNR-IEIIT, Genova, Italy; Scuola di Robotica, Genova, Italy |
| 14:30 |
Delegating Responsibilities to Intelligent Robots Gordana DODIG-CRNKOVIC School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Sweden |
| 14:50 |
Some Issues on Social Acceptability of Humanoids in Japan Atsuo TAKANISHI Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION IV: Robotics & Cultures Chair: Atsuo TAKANISHI Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 15:30 |
Perennial Questions in Technological Era: Cultural and Philosophical Framework of Roboethics Takeshi KIMURA University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| 15:50 |
Who and under What Context Requires "Roboethics"? From Cross-Cultural Perspective on Assumptions about Robots Tatsuya NOMURA Department of Media Informatics, Ryukoku University,Kyoto, Japan |
| 16:10 |
Religion and the Public Role of Robotics Robert M. GERACI Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471 |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | PANEL OF DISCUSSION II |