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 ======Ethical Issues======
-Part of [[Project Lirec]]
+Part of [[Project Lirec]]. Notes from the end of D4
-The ethical questionnaire:
+=====Robots and Culture=====
+Lirec is concerned with the use of robot technology in everyday settings:
+  * Research prototypes
+  * Commercial robots
+  * Robots in popular media
+  * Robots in the art scene
+How do they affect social practises? The use of [[http://depts.washington.edu/vsdesign/|Value Sensitive Design]] within lirec.
+Ethics questions will be part of:
+  * The scenarios
+  * Workshops
+  * User studies
+=====The ethical questionnaire=====
+Given out to the research partners:
   - Describe the technology and/or scenario that you are working with?
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   - Do your have other comments reflections about ethics and robotics/robots?
+=====Value sensitive robot design=====
+Human emotion and expression based on:
+  * Comparing how people act towards robots and animals
+  * Looking at other forms of technology
+Forming and maintenance of relationships does not necessarily mean mimicking human behaviour - triggering affection and social interests may be done in other ways.
+As researchers it's important to stay open, and allow early impressions of the work to filter into design decisions.