2022/05/13 by Winfield, Alan F. T., van Maris, Anouk, Salvini, Pericle +1
#FOS: Computer and information sciences #Robotics (cs.RO)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2205.06564
This paper introduces a draft open standard for the robot equivalent of an aircraft flight data recorder, which we call an ethical black box. This is a device, or software module, capable of securely recording operational data (sensor, actuator and control decisions) for a social robot, in order to support the investigation of accidents or near-miss incidents. The open standard, presented as an annex to this paper, is offered as a first draft for discussion within the robot ethics community. Our intention is to publish further drafts following feedback, in the hope that the standard will become a useful reference for social robot designers, operators and robot accident/incident investigators.