Ethical Frameworks for Human-Centered AI and Robotics: Balancing Autonomy and Responsibility

Abstract

Robotics as a highlight of artificial intelligence is due to its intrinsic involvement with the physical world, from home to workplace, as they are widespread appearances in our life. As humans do not have to worry about robots replacing them on a large scale, thinking and working with these machines will bring some advantage to us. For example, the fully autonomous transportation of people and goods may be rather simple or an extremely tedious process. However, the interaction with robots as guides, companions, team members may be more complex and troublesome. In fact, increasingly, people come to use robots with interfaces that are transparent in nature, and they make humans feel generally comfortable when interacting with them. It won’t be long before humans and robots will have a much closer relationship, which will have implications for our lives and for society in general. They are verbal and non-verbal communication, mutual understanding and learning, and the necessity of dealing with ethical issues that are addressed in the article, which also highlights the current development and future direction of research in human-centered robotics.