Editorial for CLAWAR News -The Newsletter of CLAWAR Association - Vol. 17
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I am honoured to take over the editorial duty,
from Osman Tokhi, for the CLAWAR Newsletter.
Dr Tokhi has contributed tremendously to the
success of the newsletter in the past years. I feel
very lucky to start my work on this issue from the
solid foundation paved by Dr Tokhi, and look
forward to his continued support as a member of
the editorial board in the future.
Service robots have entered our society at a fast
pace and with ever increasing momentum. With
robots working closer to human beings, and
penetrating deeply into our daily activities, many
new issues, some of which are beyond the
traditional engineering domain, arise. Gurvinder
Virk and his team carried out a survey to gauge
the readiness of the general public to accept the
robots as our companions or assistants in a
number of different situations. Based on their
findings in the survey, questions about the
standards and ethics governing the manufacturing,
or the operation of, service robots, have been
raised. You can read the report of their work in
this issue.