Advancing Policy Design for Robots in Public Spaces

机器人技术的进步将改变服务提供、医疗保健和其他社会服务。这将如何影响我们共享的公共空间？明智的政策设计将是至关重要的。汽车方面的经验表明，新技术可以深刻地重塑所有公民的公共空间；不管是好是坏。本项目探讨政策设计如何确保机器人在公共空间安全运行，保护公共利益。它将开发一种可行、灵活和可复制的方法，将公民经验和见解纳入政策设计，以管理澳大利亚公共空间中越来越多的机器人。由此产生的方法旨在支持成功的技术采用，并为以人为本的机器人设计提供信息。

Advances in robotics are set to transform service delivery, health care, and other social services. How will this affect our shared public spaces? Well-informed policy design will be critical. Experience with automobiles shows new technologies can profoundly reshape public spaces for all citizens; for good or ill. This project explores how policy design can ensure robots operate safely in public space and protect public interests. It will develop a feasible, flexible, and replicable method for incorporating citizen experience and insights into policy design to manage the growing presence of robots in Australian public spaces. The resulting method is intended to support successful technology adoption and inform human-centred robotics design.