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The symposium aims to discuss the use of AI ethics standardization in the governance of social robots, specifically examining the challenges to regulating AI-enabled technologies due to the inability of legislative processes to keep up with the rapid legislative process. In addition to examining the regulation of social robots, we also explore regulatory frameworks that rely on non-binding, flexible AI ethics standards to ensure stakeholders can manage the risks of ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) from the perspective of ethical design.
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Details

1. Target：
   Current students and staff
2. Dates:
   2025.11.05[Wed]15:00–2025.11.07[Fri]17:00
3. Venue name：
   Seminar Room, FRIS, Tohoku University (G06)
4. Seating capacity：
   No
5. Participation fee：
   Free of charge

Event details

The details are given below:

WEBSITE: https://2025.roboethics.design

DATE: November 6th – 7th, 2025
TIME: 09:30-12:00; 14:00-16:30
VENUE: Seminar Room, FRIS, Tohoku University (Hybrid Event)

Organizer:
Yueh-Hsuan Weng (IAS, Kyushu University & FRIS, Tohoku University)

Session 1: Advanced Robotics
9:30-10:00 Co-Creating Human-Centered Future Living: AI Robotics through Living Labs and Moonshot Houses.
Yasuhisa Hirata (Tohoku University)

10:00-10:30 How should Robot Assistants behave?
Jim Tørresen (University of Oslo)

10:30-11:00 Soft Robotics: Shape Morphing and Locomotion by Controlled Buckling, Twisting, Bending, and 4D Printing. Jia-Yang Juang (National Taiwan University)

11:00-11:30 Effect of User Familiarity and Visual Complexity on Presence and Performance in a Simulated VAR Workspace.
Ying-Yin Huang (National Taiwan University)

11:30-12:00 Physical and Mental Human-Robot Interaction for Assistive Robots.
Mizuki Takeda (Toyohashi University of Technology)

12:00-14:00 Lunch Time

Session 2: Human-Robot Interaction
14:00-14:30 Inclusion? Exclusion? Feelings of Rejection in Games with Robots.
Hsiu-Ping Yueh (National Taiwan University)

14:30-15:00 Designing Ethical Futures: How Game-Based Simulation Prepares Students for Technology’s Moral Challenges.
Weijane Lin (National Taiwan University)

15:00-15:30 Logical reasoning for responsible interacting robots.
Juliana Bowles (University of St Andrews)

15:30-16:00 Social Acceptance of Anthropomorphism in Zoomorphic Robots: Insights from a Robot Dog Study.
Zonghao Dong (Tohoku University)

16:00-16:30 Evaluating Theories Guiding the Ethical Design and Use of AI-Enabled Social Robots.
Jessica K. Barfield (University of Kentucky)

Session 3: Public Policy and Philosophy
9:30-10:00 Smart Care and Human-Centered Compassion: Toward a Holistic Policy Blueprint for the Dignity of Older Adults.
Peishan Yang (National Taiwan University)

10:00-10:30 Science for Robot Policy in Practice: From Systematic Reviews to Stakeholder Engagement and Testing.
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga (Leiden University)

10:30-11:00 Can Robot Design Help Mitigate the Risks of Responsibility Gaps?
Kamil Mamak (Jagiellonian University)

11:00-11:30 Robots That Care (So We Don’t Have To): Interpassivity in Experimental Robot Governance.
Kamil Karczewski (University of Graz)

11:30-12:00 Designing Ethical Robot Governance: Lessons from Science Fiction and Games.
Joshua C. Gellers (University of North Florida)

12:00-14:00 Lunch Time

Session 4: Ethical Design and Governance
14:00-14:30 The Exploration of the Adoption Trends of IEEE AI Socio-Technical Standards.
Ruth Lewis (IEEE SSIT Standards Committee)

14:30-15:00 A cross-cultural study between Norway and Japan on consent on the use of social robots in public and private spaces – Users’ perspectives.
Diana Saplacan Lindlom (University of Oslo)

15:00-15:30 Bridging Ethics and Reality: Integrating Thought Experiments and Empirical Insights in Robot Ethics.
Yueh-Hsuan Weng (Kyushu University)

15:30-16:00 Privacy in the Age of Social Robots: Rethinking Consent Through Visual Design for Meaningful HRI.
David Torabi (Kyusyu University)

16:00-16:30 When Machines Bloom into Life: VitaBots and the Moral Status of Biohybrid Lifeforms.
Darius Torabi (Kyushu University)

Closing Remarks
16:30-16:40 IAS-FRIS Organizer
Yueh-Hsuan Weng (Kyushu University)

Registration method

Advanced registration required
https://x.gd/wC4m5

Registration period

2025.10.01 [Wed]–2025.11.03[Mon]

Inquiries

Name: Yueh-Hsuan Weng
TEL: 5432
Mail: weng.yueh.hsuan.647★m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Website

https://2025.roboethics.design/
Kyushu University