Due to advances in technology, the world around us contains an increasing number of robots, virtual agents, and other intelligent systems. These systems all have a certain degree of autonomy. For the people who interact with an intelligent system it is important to obtain a good understanding of its …

As robots are increasingly used in Search and Rescue (SAR) missions, it becomes highly relevant to study how SAR robots can be developed and deployed in a responsible way. In contrast to some other robot application domains, e.g. military and healthcare, the ethics of robot-assisted SAR are relatively …

Value Sensitive Design of Smart Cities. Paper gepresenteerd op de Charting the Next Decade for Value Sensitive Design Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark

This contribution presents how a value-sensitive participatory design approach was used with the aim to design meaningful applications for inhabitants in a city. In two bachelor courses, design students were challenged to account for a diversity of human values in urban interaction design by following …

Recently, the use of military robots – which may be drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remotely piloted systems, autonomous weapon systems or ‘killer robots’ – has been debated in the media, politics, and academia. Military robots are increasingly automated, which means that they can perform tasks …

A heated international debate is taking place about the innovation, development, and deployment of automated military technology, such as remotely-controlled aerial vehicles. Recently, the scope of the debate is extended to the moral concerns about (future) automated technology possibly able to make …

Het betreft een casestudie over een jeongen met ernstige dyslexie en AD(H)D die (nog) niet in staat is om een goede taakwerkhouding te realiseren.Het gevolg is dat de balans in het verdelen van de aandacht voor de groep er niet meer is. Dit leidt tot frustraties voor het betreffende kind, de groep en …

Training systems with intelligent virtual agents provide an effective means to train people for complex, dynamic tasks like crisis management or firefighting. Virtual agents provide more adequate behavior and explanations if they not only take their own goals and beliefs into account, but also the assumed …

In opdracht van Adviesburo Nieman B.V. te Zwolle is onderzoek verricht naar de relatie tussen het verwachte absolute energieverbruik in de woningbouw en de Trias Energetica. Op basis van dit onderzoek is een rekenmodel ontwikkeld dat het energieverbruik op basis van de gekozen Trias Energetica strategie …

This article presents the results of experiments performed with agents based on an operalization of an information-theoretic model for trust. Experiments have been performed with the ART test-bed, a test domain for trust and reputation aiming to provide transparent and recognizable standards. An agent …