Queer-inclusive responsible robotics: an ethical framework for accountability, privacy, safety, and representation
This paper introduces Queer-Inclusive Responsible Robotics (QIRR), an ethical framework organized around accountability and governance, privacy and safety, and representation and inclusion. Informed by queer ethics, intersectionality, and inclusive design, QIRR provides recommendations for inclusive interaction, identity-sensitive privacy, and governance across the robotics lifecycle. It positions queer inclusion as essential to responsible robotics and as a lens for addressing broader ethical, legal, and social implications.
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Who it governs
Researchers, developers, and practitioners in robotics and AI who want to design inclusive and responsible embodied systems.
What the document contains
The document covers an ethical framework for queer-inclusive robotics, detailing specific recommendations across accountability and governance, privacy and safety, and representation and inclusion in human-robot interaction.
The document does not provide legally binding enforcement mechanisms, statutory penalties, or specific technical source code implementations.
- The Queer-Inclusive Responsible Robotics (QIRR) framework addresses ethical, legal, and social implications in human-robot interaction.
- Accountability and governance focus on identifying and remedying harms arising from heteronormative and cisnormative assumptions.
- Privacy and safety measures protect users from identity-related risks, including surveillance, involuntary disclosure, and inference.
- Representation and inclusion address the design of embodiments, datasets, and models that avoid erasure, misrecognition, and stereotyping.
- QIRR provides actionable recommendations across the robotics lifecycle to center queer voices and intersectional accountability.
· Abstract · Accountability and Governance · Privacy and Safety · Representation and Inclusion
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Accountability
3/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
Accountability and Governance address responsibilities for identifying and remedying harms arising from heteronormative and cisnormative assumptions.
Abstract
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Fairness
3/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
Representation and Inclusion address the design of embodiments, interactions, datasets, and models that avoid erasure and stereotyping.
Abstract
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Human Dignity
0/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
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Human Oversight
2/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
Ensure transparency, control, and security
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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Privacy
3/5Protection of personal data and private life
Privacy and Safety focus on protecting users from identity-related risks, including surveillance, inference, and involuntary disclosure.
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Transparency
2/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
Ensure transparency, control, and security
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Enforcement
2/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
Accountability and Governance address responsibilities for identifying and remedying harms arising from heteronormative and cisnormative assumptions.
Abstract
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Impact Assessment
3/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
Conduct queer inclusive audits, and Protect data across jurisdictions.
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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