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Robots are promoted as technologies of great potential for social good and as solutions to complex problems. Robots also have the potential, however, of producing unintended harms related to privacy, fairness, accountability, social isolation, etc. Recent work in the communities of HRI, HCI, FAccT (Fairness, Accountability and Transparency) and Responsible Innovation has pulled attention to such factors and on potential avenues for addressing them. This session will seek to further explore the topics focused in robotics. In particular, we will explore topics of ethics, fairness, explainability, security, deception and trust in robotics - in both a series of paper presentations and a final panel and open discussion.

20:10 - 21:10 4 Talks (4 papers) (click for more info.)

1. 20:10 - 20:25
   Diana Saplacan, Weria Khaksar, Jim Torresen
   "On Ethical Challenges Raised by Care Robots"


2. 20:25 - 20:40
   Martim Brandao
   "Socially fair coverage: the fairness problem in coverage planning and a new anytime-fair method"


3. 20:40 - 20:55
   Daniel Omeiza, Helena Webb, Konrad Kollnig, Marina Jirotka, Lars Kunze
   "Effects of Explanations on Human Perceptions of Autonomous Driving: A User Study"


4. 20:55 - 21:10
   Vicente Matellan, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Lera, Francisco Martin Rico, Jonatan Ginés, Ángel Manuel Guerrero Higueras
   "The Role of Cybersecurity and HPC in the Explainability of Autonomos Robots Behavior"

21:25 - 21:55 2 Talks (2 papers) (click for more info.)

5. 21:25 - 21:40
   Kantwon Rogers, Ayanna Howard
   "Intelligent Agent Deception and the Influence on Human Trust and Interaction"


6. 21:40 - 21:55
   De'Aira Bryant, Jin Xu, Kantwon Rogers, Ayanna Howard
   "The Effect of Conceptual Embodiment on Human-Robot Trust During a Youth Emotion Classification Task"

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We are currently facing the problems to adapt our lifestyle to the new normal for acting against COVID-19 pandemic. We are asked to maintain the social distance for infection control. Now various companies have succeeded in creating vaccine for COVID-19. Can we, however, have the same life before COVID-19 crisis when it is over when all of us get the vaccine? We think that this crisis uncovered the essential vulnerableness of our modern lifestyle to the novel virus and we should overcome the vulnerableness by establishing new normal. One of the critical problem in new normal is communication in various aspects. We should balance the reduction of social interaction for infection control and the active communication for encouraging economical activities, research discussions and so on. Soft/Social/Systemic (3S) Robot Technologies have great potentials for enhancing Quality of New Normal (QoNN) in the above aspects. These technologies may supply the important information that is lost by the reduction of social interactions. In this organized session, we discuss our positive actions in robotics against the current pandemic by collecting papers on 3S Robot Technologies for enhancing QoNN.

10:40 - 11:20 4 Short Talks (4 papers) (click for more info.)

1. Owaki, Dai (Tohoku Univ)
   Social Implementation of Robotic Prosthesis/ Orthotics/ Systems for Enhancing Quality of New Normal Rehabilitation


2. Mochiyama, Hiromi (Univ of Tsukuba), Takei, Toshinobu (Hirosaki Univ), Yagi, Keisuke (Ibaraki Univ), Ando, Mitsuhito (Univ of Tsukuba)
   Remote Impedance Diagnosis with Snap Motor


3. Matsuno, Takahiro (Ritsumeikan Univ), Yabushita, Takehiro (Ritsumeikan Univ), Mitani, Atsushi (Sapporo City University), Hirai, Shinichi (Ritsumeikan Univ)
   Development of Measurable Oral Care Simulator for Nursing Education


4. Le Dinh, Minh Nhat (JAIST), Nakayama, Sotaro (JAIST), Nguyen, Nhan Huu (JAIST), Ho, Van (JAIST)
   IoTouch: Whole-Body Tactile Sensing Technology Toward the Tele-Touch

11:30 - 12:10 4 Short Talks (4 papers) (click for more info.)

5. Taniguchi, Tadahiro (Ritsumeikan Univ), El Hafi, Lotfi (Ritsumeikan Univ), Hagiwara, Yoshinobu (Ritsumeikan Univ), Taniguchi, Akira (Ritsumeikan Univ), Shimada, Nobutaka (Ritsumeikan Univ), Nishiura, Takanobu (Ritsumeikan Univ)
   The Necessity of Semiotically Adaptive Cognition for Realizing Remotely-Operated Service Robots in the New Normal Society


6. Nagahara, Masaaki (The University of Kitakyushu)
   Control and Intervention Over Human Social Networks in COVID-19


7. Inamura, Tetsunari (National Institute of Informatics), Mizuchi, Yoshiaki (Tamagawa Univ), Yamada, Hiroki (National Institute of Informatics)
   A Cloud-Based VR Platform Enabling HRI Experiments in Coronavirus Pandemic


8. Oyama, Eimei (AIST), Yodowatari, Motoki (Hosei Univ), Nakamura, Sousuke (Hosei Univ), Tokoi, Kohei (Wakayama Univ), Agah, Arvin (Univ of Kansas), Okada, Hiroyuki (Tamagawa Univ), Omori, Takashi (Tamagawa Univ)
   Integrating AR/MR/DR Technology in Remote Seal to Maintain Confidentiality of Information