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On the ethical governance of swarm robotic systems in the real world

Ethical governance of swarm roboticsAcademicdocument

Assessment outcome

total 2/4 (actionability 1 + authority 1); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 3.0/6

Total2/6
Actionability1/2
Authority1/2
Currency—

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

The paper clearly lists named authors and academic affiliations.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Level 1 (capped): the quote establishes a journal venue but does not establish the peer-review status required for Level 2.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 13017 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

The source is entirely about swarm robotic systems, artificial intelligence, and autonomous behavior.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

The text focuses extensively on ethical governance, risk assessment, principles, and safety regulations.

G4 · Attributablepass

The paper clearly lists named authors and academic affiliations.

G5 · In forcepass

There is no indication on the page that this published academic research article has been superseded or retracted.

Scored criteria

Actionability

1/2

Level 1: Provides principles and direction regarding ethical risk assessment, but does not name a specific binding step.

Ethical governance must be anticipatory, and a powerful method for practical anticipatory governance is ethical risk assessment (ERA).

Authority

1/2

Level 1 (capped): the quote establishes a journal venue but does not establish the peer-review status required for Level 2.

Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 819 transa 101133385 RSTA Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

Currency

—

computed: no publish/modified date found on the page (never guessed)

Classification

Coverage topicEthical governance of swarm robotics
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stageN/A cross-cutting
Layerboth
Granularitydocument