Nature's Robots

This volume guides readers through the fundamentals and state-of-the-art concepts and future expectations of robotics. It showcases interesting research topics on robots and cobots by researchers, industry practitioners, and academics.

This volume offers eleven philosophical investigations into our future relations with social robots–robots that are specially designed to engage and connect with human beings. The contributors present cutting edge research that examines whether, and on which terms, robots can become members of human societies.

This book contains the Proceedings of the International Conference on Robot Ethics, held in Lisbon on October 23 and 24, 2015. The conference provided a multidisciplinary forum for discussing central and evolving issues concerning safety and ethics that have arisen in various contexts where robotic technologies are being applied.