AUTHOR=Wagner Alan R. 

TITLE=Robot-Guided Evacuation as a Paradigm for Human-Robot Interaction Research

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Robotics and AI

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/robotics-and-ai/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.701938

DOI=10.3389/frobt.2021.701938

ISSN=2296-9144

ABSTRACT=This paper conceptualizes problem of emergency evacuation as paradigm for investigating human-robot interaction. We argue that emergency evacuation offers unique and important perspectives on human-robot interaction while also demanding close attention to the ethical ramifications of the technologies development. We present series of approaches for developing emergency evacuation robots and detail several essential design considerations. This paper concludes with a discussion of the ethical implications of emergency evacuation robots and a roadmap for their development, implementation, and evaluation.