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This chapter reflects upon the ethical, legal, and societal (ELS) implications of the use of emotions by robot technology. The first section introduces different cases where emotions play a role in human-robot interaction (HRI) contexts. This chapter draws particular attention to disparities found in recent technical literature relating to the appropriateness of the use of emotions in HRIs. These examples, coupled with the lack of guidelines on requirements, boundaries, and the appropriate use of emotions in HRI, give rise to a vast number of ELS implications that the second section addresses. Recent regulatory initiatives in the European Union (EU) aim at mitigating the risks posed by robot technologies. However, these may not entirely suffice to frame adequately the questions the use of emotions entails in these contexts.
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The sense of the word sleeve has been taken from the TV Series “Altered Carbon.” This refers to the human-like body that carries human consciousness, two things completely separated in the series.
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Fosch Villaronga, E. (2019). “I Love You,” Said the Robot: Boundaries of the Use of Emotions in Human-Robot Interactions. In: Ayanoğlu, H., Duarte, E. (eds) Emotional Design in Human-Robot Interaction. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96722-6_6
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