Source assessmentSupporting
Robot, let us pray! Can and should robots have religious functions? An ethical exploration of religious robots
religious robots and ethicsAcademic
Assessment outcome
total 4/6 (actionability 1 + authority 1 + currency 2)
Total4/6
Actionability1/2
Authority1/2
Currency2/2
Authorship & scope
Attribution (G4 evidence)
No evidence recorded for this source.
Issuer authority (evidence)
No evidence recorded for this source.
Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.
Eligibility gates
G1 · Retrievablepass
Passed in screening.
G2 · AI nexuspass
Passed in screening.
G3 · Governance nexuspass
Passed in screening.
G4 · Attributablepass
Passed in screening.
G5 · In forcepass
Passed in screening.
Scored criteria
Actionability
1/2No rationale recorded.
Based on the study’s results, brief criteria for the development and deployment of religious robots are proposed, serving as guidelines for future research.
Authority
1/2No rationale recorded.
AI & SOCIETY (2025) 40:1019–1035 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01812-z OPEN FORUM Robot, let us pray! Can and should robots have religious functions?
Currency
2/2No rationale recorded.
Classification
Coverage topicreligious robots and ethics
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stage1 Plan & design
Layerboth
GranularityNot recorded