DC9 - Understanding and Measuring Human Preferences for Responsible Robot Behavior in Prosocial Conflict Scenarios

Objectives

1. To develop knowledge foundations required for building tools to evaluate responsible robot behavior from a human-centered perspective and to define a new measure of human preferences for robot behavior in prosocial dilemmas.
2. To establish a link between social value orientation and preferences in prosocial dilemmas to serve as a foundation for creating tools for evaluation of responsible robot behavior.
3. To create a measure to predict human preferences for responsible robot behavior in prosocial dilemmas.

Expected Results

1. Replicable experiments to establish a link between social value orientation and preferences in prosocial dilemmas to serve as a foundation for creating tools for evaluation of responsible robot behavior.
2. A measure to predict human preferences for responsible robot behavior in prosocial dilemmas.

Planned Secondments(s)

1. S17 PAL, Dr. Lemaignan, 2 months in M14-15
2. S18 TUGraz, Prof. Steinbauer-Wagner, 2 months in M38-39

Required Skills

Essential

• Academic degree (university diploma/M.Sc.) in Psychology or a related topic (e.g. Cognitive Science, Behavioural Economics)
• Excellent methodological knowledge and experience with statistical software (e.g. R)

Desirable

• Knowledge in programming (Python, etc.)
• Experience/interest in questionnaire development
• Experience/interest in Human-Machine Interaction and decision psychology