Roboethics

Kopacek, Peter; Hersh, Marion

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-6618-4_3

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Although it may be understandable why the potentially negative impact of robots on the employment of disabled people has not been covered in Canadian newspapers it is less understandable why no studies exist on the impact of robots on the employability of disabled people especially given the fact that the impact of robots on employment in general is discussed extensively in the academic literature (for example, see [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]17,18]). …”

Section: The Issue Of Coverage In the Academic Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The impact of robots on employment is discussed extensively within the academic literature (see, for example, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]) and in the public domain (for example, [15,16]) addressing the following main themes: (a) people keeping their job; (b) people obtaining new jobs; and (c) people interacting with robots as co-workers. Two studies-one from the USA [17] and one from Europe [18]-explored this question of the impact of robots on employment.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Employment, Disabled People and Robots: What Is the Narrative in the Academic Literature and Canadian Newspapers?

Wolbring

2016

Societies

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Abstract:The impact of robots on employment is discussed extensively, for example, within the academic literature and the public domain. Disabled people are known to have problems obtaining employment. The purpose of this study was to analyze how robots were engaged with in relation to the employment situation of disabled people within the academic literature present in the academic databases EBSCO All-an umbrella database that consists of over 70 other databases, Scopus, Science Direct and Web of Science and within n = 300 Canadian newspapers present in the Canadian Newsstand Complete ProQuest database. The study focuses in particular on whether the literature covered engaged with the themes of robots impacting (a) disabled people obtaining employment; (b) disabled people losing employment; (c) robots helping so called abled bodied people in their job to help disabled people; or (d) robots as coworkers of disabled people. The study found that robots were rarely mentioned in relation to the employment situation of disabled people. If they were mentioned the focus was on robots enhancing the employability of disabled people or helping so called abled-bodied people working with disabled clients. Not one article could be found that thematized the potential negative impact of robots on the employability situation of disabled people or the relationship of disabled people and robots as co-workers. The finding of the study is problematic given the already negative employability situation disabled people face.

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Section: The Issue Of Coverage In the Academic Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Employment, Disabled People and Robots: What Is the Narrative in the Academic Literature and Canadian Newspapers?

Wolbring

2016

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“…While not all assistive robots are mobile, the discussion apart from the mobility component is relevant for stationary robots as well. Mobile robots generally have the following main components or characteristics [6]:…”

Section: Design Issuesmentioning

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“…Design for all personal service robots [6] are personal service robots, including the increasingly popular domestic vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers, which have been designed in accordance with design for all (universal design) principles [7]. Design for all involves making products and services, such as robots, accessible and usable by as wide a range of the population as possible, regardless of factors such as age, gender, disability, size, culture and class.…”

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“…Other features which could increase the attractiveness of this type of robot for disabled and elderly people include very competitive pricing, easy and intuitive use, and high robustness and reliability [6]. Comments on some of the popular online shopping sites indicate that a number of users leave a robotic vacuum cleaner on to work while they are out, and that many of these robots bump into furniture.…”

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Overcoming Barriers and Increasing Independence – Service Robots for Elderly and Disabled People

Hersh

2015

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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The paper discusses the potential of assistive service robots to support disabled and elderly people. It shows that they have considerable untapped potential in this area, but also that inappropriate implementations could increase isolation, reduce independence and lead to users feeling as though they are under surveillance. The main body of the paper presents an overview of existing applications and discusses their benefits and potential problems. This is organized by an extension of the common classification into socially and physically assistive robots by the two categories of sensory assistive and mixed assistance robots. Another more detailed classification is also presented. This discussion is introduced by an overview of many of the technological components of smart mobile robots. It is followed by a discussion of user acceptance. The problems of existing models based on either solely positive or solely negative factors are noted and a model containing both types of factors is proposed. The need for continuing research is noted and various proposals are made.

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