Ethical issues for social robots and the trust-based approach

Abstract

Recent robotics research is shifting its focus from industrial robots to social robots. One of the most difficult issues facing social robots is ethics. In this paper, I discuss how ethical issues on robots should be addressed from a philosophical point of view. After a brief survey of the previous research, I raise some issues that I found with the studies. Finally, I propose a novel approach that I call the Trust-based approach.