Responsible Ethical Learning with Robotics

REELER is a new collaborative H2020-project that aims to align roboticists’ visions of a future with robots with empirically-based knowledge of human needs and societal concerns.

Interdisciplinary research
REELER is a highly interdisciplinary project involving 4 European partners (DPU - Aarhus University, Ab.Acus srl.,CCSR - De Montfort University and University of Hohenheim) from the fields of anthropology, learning, robotics, philosophy, and economy.

Main objective

Through a new understanding of proximity that considers how individuals and community connect with robot technologies, REELER will develop a research-based roadmap presenting:

a) ethical guidelines for Human Proximity Levels,

b) prescriptions for how to include the voice of new types of users and affected stakeholders through Mini-Publics,

c) assumptions in robotics through socio-drama

d) agent-based simulations of the REELER research for policymaking.

At the core of these guidelines is the concept of collaborative learning, which permeates all aspects of REELER and will guide future SSH-ICT research.

Impact
Integrating the recommendations of the REELER Roadmap for responsible and ethical learning in robotics in future robot design processes will enable the European robotics community to addresses human needs and societal concerns. Moreover, the project will give powerful instruments able to foster networking and exploit potentialities of future robotics projects.

More information on project website