How are robot ethics described in peer-reviewed papers for children-robot studies? Do publications refer to robot ethics such as: (a) gaining children’s assent, (b) providing a robot’s description prior to data collection, (c) having a robot exposure phase before data collection and (d) informing children about a robot’s semi-autonomy or not? A total of 27 peer-reviewed papers with an average impact factor of 1.8 were analysed. 63 % of the studies did not state any ethical procedures followed. In eight studies children gave their assent for the experiment; six studies described the robot to children prior to data collection; two studies provided a robot exposure phase prior to data collection and one study informed children that robots are operated machines. The outcomes indicate problematic applications of robot ethics in peer-reviewed journals and the necessity for the publishing industry to consider stricter actions on this aspect of a publication.
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Kyriakidou, M., Padda, K., & Parry, L. (2017). Reporting robot ethics for children-robot studies in contemporary peer reviewed papers. In Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering (Vol. 84, pp. 109–117). Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46667-5_8
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