Ethical Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Social Robots in Children’s Healthcare Experiences

Zeller, Frauke; Petrick, Ronald P.A.; Harris Smith, David; Stinson, Jennifer; Ellen Foster, Mary; Ali, Samina

Abstract

This multi-disciplinary project aims to develop and evaluate an ethical, AI-enhanced, socially intelligent robot designed to alleviate children’s distress and pain in a clinical setting. Spanning different disciplines such as HRI, communication sciences, and pediatric research, this workshop aims to explore the ethical implications of the child-robot relationship as it pertains to pain management and robot design, the potential for a pain-reducing social robot and the ethical implications of involving family, healthcare personnel, and children in the co-design of a socially assistive robot. The methodologies used to assess this child-robot interaction will be discussed in relation to both the clinical trial and co-design phases. This is a multidisciplinary project with 4 distinct phases: co-design and usability testing, development of an autonomous system, clinical trials, and an ethical and social implication review. Our method design integrates instruments from communication sciences, HRI design and pediatric research.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: HRI 2021 Workshop on Measuring Child-Robot Relationships
• Start Date: Mar 8, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Apr 28, 2023
• Book Title: HRI 2021 Workshop on Measuring Child-Robot Relationships
• Keywords: Child-robot interaction; ethical design; socially assistive robotics; co-design methodology
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3085809