About Us
This site is created by Brian Desousa, Kaitlyn Fichtner, Yaru Gong, and David Rodriguez for an Interactive Qualifying Project at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2020-21. The project was advised by Professor Yunus Telliel (Humanities and Arts) and Professor Berk Calli (Robotics Engineering). This project aims to educate and inform undergraduate and graduate students of real world issues in robotics that may become prominent in coming years.
About Our Site
This site is intended as a starting point for anyone who is interested in robot ethics. The goal of the site is to help readers better understand and talk about ethical dilemmas our society could face in the near and semi-distant future. Additional sources are also provided for those who seek to do more reading or gain a deeper understanding of a specific area in robotics. By providing a framework for roboethics and a conversation platform, our hope is that the site’s visitors will begin to discuss possible dilemmas and solutions, so as a society we can be prepared to face these issues and work proactively rather than reactively. The theme page introduces ethical themes related to robotics, as we would like to give a holistic understanding of the major questions in roboethics.
Disclaimer
While the stories given for the technological domains are rooted in research on those topics, it is impossible to predict with perfect accuracy what problems may actually appear. In the hopes of allowing a better understanding of the kinds of nuance these situations may have, these stories sometimes are slightly exaggerated or contain situations that may be unlikely even if plausible.
