The meaning of the EPSRC principles of robotics

Joanna J Bryson

OAI: oai:purehost.bath.ac.uk:openaire_cris_publications/7b992ee0-b4fa-43ed-aefb-fc1790223078 • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2017.1313817

In revisiting the Principles of Robotics — as we do in this special issue — it is important to carefully consider their full meaning. The meaning of communication depends both on the context in which that communication is embedded and the author’s intent. Here I address first the meaning of the document as a whole, then of its constituent parts. I address this as one of the experts invited to the EPSRC robot ethics retreat, and present at the Principles’ conception.