Raffaele Rodogno

Aarhus University, University of Science and Culture, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts

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Raffaele Rodogno is a leading voice in the ethics of social robotics, exploring the profound philosophical and moral questions raised by our interactions with machines. His work centers on the nature of human-robot relationships, the moral status of robots, and the ethical implications of deploying them in sensitive contexts like elderly care. In his highly cited paper “Social Robots, Fiction, and Sentimentality” (33 citations), Rodogno examines why humans form genuine affective bonds with robot pets, even when these entities seem undeserving of such responses—a key insight for understanding the emotional dynamics of human-robot interaction. He also contributed to the development of Integrative Social Robotics (ISR), a novel methodological framework for responsibly designing robot use cases in real-world settings, as demonstrated in his 2020 work on elderly care facilities. Rodogno has further probed the limits of robot morality, arguing that while we cannot yet coherently conceive of robots as moral agents or patients, the question remains philosophically urgent. His research on nudging by social robots and the reciprocal illumination of emotions through robotics continues to shape debates in machine ethics and human-robot interaction.