The past decades have seen an increasing number of robots deployed in the vicinity of humans, from vacuum cleaners roaming our living rooms and drones flying overhead to prostheses attached to our bodies. Today, global efforts are focused on designing the next generation of robots, which will be deployed and function in close proximity to or directly interact with lay users. We are no longer in the realm of factory robots used by well-trained practitioners. It is, hence, not conceivable that these robots can be programmed without a deep understanding of the social, ethical, and cultural rules that underpin human environments.
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