Integrating roboticist values into a design framework for humanoid robots

Abstract

Our proposed two-part study on the perspectives of roboticists pursues a holistic, value-sensitive approach to robot design. We first describe a pilot study to uncover the patterns of values ingrained in humanoid designs. These findings will inform our next study to interview roboticists. While user-centered approaches of HRI literature give us insight on making user-friendly robots, our work seeks to create a design framework to assist roboticists in reflecting on their values and intentions during their design processes.