An ethical adaptor: behavioral modification derived from moral emotions

Authors:
Ronald C. Arkin;Patrick Ulam
Affiliations:
Mobile Robot Laboratory in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Mobile Robot Laboratory in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Venue:
CIRA'09 Proceedings of the 8th IEEE international conference on Computational intelligence in robotics and automation
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper presents the motivation, basis and a prototype implementation of an ethical adaptor capable of using a moral affective function, guilt, as a basis for altering a robot's ongoing behavior. While the research is illustrated in the context of the battlefield, the methods described are believed generalizable to other domains such as eldercare and are potentially extensible to a broader class of moral emotions, including compassion and empathy.