Standardizing an Ontology for Ethically Aligned Robotic and Autonomous Systems
本文概述了IEEE 7007-2021标准中关于机器人伦理的本体论结构，包括数据隐私、透明度、责任等核心概念，并展示了应用案例与未来方向，对从事机器人或AI系统伦理设计的工程师和研究者有参考价值。
Domain-specific ontologies support system design and can establish a framework for fulfilling user-level, safety, or ethical requirements. The IEEE 7007-2021 Ontological Standard for ethically driven robotics and automation systems is the first industry standard to introduce a structure of ontologies concerning robot ethics and related fields, such as data privacy, transparency, responsibility, and accountability, offering a systems science approach to support the ethically aligned design of complex cyber–physical systems (CPSs) and robots particularly. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the main ontological commitments composing the foundation of the standard, the rationale behind their development, together with use cases of applications. Future directions for ethically aligned robotics and artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems along IEEE 7007-2021 are outlined, taking into account the exponentially growing fields of service and medical robotics.