Introduction: special issue—critical robotics research

Abstract

Furthermore, this special issue would not have been possible without the excellent work of all the peer reviewers. Finally, thanks to our fellow researchers within Applied Robotics for their continued support, and the Division of Learning, Communication and IT at the Department of Applied IT, University of Gothenburg for investing in open access fees for this editorial.Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long 8 https:// eng. irl. sys. es. osaka-u. ac. jp/.

Beyond dyadic HRI

“…While our two case studies both feature triads-two people and one robot-the subsequent discussion highlighted that we need to think more generally about this as a multiagent situation, where agents can be humans as well as robots. The analogy of HRI to HCI needs extension, similar to the perspective of CSCW and the paradigm shifts or waves in HCI [5].…”

Normativity assumptions in the design and application of social robots for autistic children

“…This aligns with the call of Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, et al [6] to include the voice of autistic people in research endeavours in general. However, others have pointed out user centred and participatory design is no silver bullet, and that such processes might also lead to stereotyped and problematic representations of the target groups [31].…”

An analysis of design recommendations for socially assistive robot helpers for effective human-robot interactions in senior care

“…Caution must be taken to avoid ageist views of selected norms. 26 Beyond potential demographic biases, ethical concerns in developing SAR behaviors for older adults include: 1) privacy over recording user data to influence behavioral adaptation, 2) transparency of SAR intent, and 3) user autonomy in situations where a SAR attempts persuasion. 27 …”