EST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Roboethics, Dignity, Developmental Psychology
14 Jun 2018
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Week 7
Birth of a Robot
●Current generations of robots are research tools that explore how machines perceive,
looking toward expanding that capacity
○Example: Einstein created David Hanson
●Robots have not yet achieved the recognition that cognition skills even of human infants
●Current research on robotic development drawing from developmental psychology,
aimed at enhancing information acquiring capacity
Modeled on Kids
●Designed for the study of robot acquisition of basic human interaction by children
●Main problem is robots’ restriction of information acquisition by means of programming
○Spoon-fed information for robots called “supervised learning” is nowhere near
how humans learn
Unsupervised Learning
●Recognition of people
●Reacting to “interesting” stimuli
●New robots being designed based on infant intelligence to cover basic human functions
○Signaling
○Reaching out
○Basic vocal sounds
Biomimetic Robots
●Models are being designed to look more human, aimed at developing more complex
robotics based on human models
●Social robots’ appearance, mainly the face, is critical for interaction
●Humans interact and learn based on needs, something that might have to be programmed
into robots
Ethics in Advanced Robots
●Human rights to be protected and promoted by roboethics:
○Human dignity and privacy
○Physical and integrity of the person
○Liberty and security
○Protection of personal data
○Elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in the social
and cultural life
Document Summary
Current generations of robots are research tools that explore how machines perceive, looking toward expanding that capacity. Robots have not yet achieved the recognition that cognition skills even of human infants. Current research on robotic development drawing from developmental psychology, aimed at enhancing information acquiring capacity. Designed for the study of robot acquisition of basic human interaction by children. Main problem is robots" restriction of information acquisition by means of programming. Spoon-fed information for robots called supervised learning is nowhere near how humans learn. New robots being designed based on infant intelligence to cover basic human functions. Models are being designed to look more human, aimed at developing more complex robotics based on human models. Social robots" appearance, mainly the face, is critical for interaction. Humans interact and learn based on needs, something that might have to be programmed into robots. Human rights to be protected and promoted by roboethics:
