Envisioning and Questioning Near Future Urban Robotics

Maria Luce Lupetti; Nazli Cila

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Envisioning and Questioning Near Future Urban Robotics

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Abstract

Robotic services, which have started to appear in urban environments, are going to transform our society. Designers of these robots are not only required to meet technical and legal challenges, but also address the potential social, political, and ethical consequences of their design choices. In this paper, we present a workshop format with its related tools intended for enabling speculation about such possible futures and fostering reflection on potential socio-ethical implications that might support/oppose these futures. We report the results and discussion of one particular workshop case, in which the implementation of two
particular robotic services for a city was envisioned and questioned, i.e., surveillance and delivery of goods. By discussing the results, we illustrate how such a workshop format might be beneficial for setting the agenda for a more conscious design of urban robots and orienting future research towards meaningful themes related to the emerging coexistence scenarios between citizens and robots.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Design and Semantics of Form and Movement - Desform 2019
Editors	Sara Colombo, Yihyun Lim, Miguel Bruns Alonso, Lin-Lin Chen, Tom Djajadiningrat
Pages	78-86
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-578-60379-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21428/5395bc37.d44e2913
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	DeSforM 2019: Beyond Intelligence - MIT Campus, Cambridge, United States Duration: 9 Oct 2019 → 9 Oct 2019

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Conference	DeSforM 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Cambridge
Period	9/10/19 → 9/10/19

Keywords

Robot Conceptualisations,
Design Workshop
Future Scenario
Urban Robotics
Robot Capabilities
Robot Implications

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Envisioning and Questioning Near Future Urban Robotics. / Lupetti, Maria Luce ; Cila, Nazli.
Design and Semantics of Form and Movement - Desform 2019. ed. / Sara Colombo; Yihyun Lim; Miguel Bruns Alonso; Lin-Lin Chen; Tom Djajadiningrat. 2019. p. 78-86.

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