Assertions in ethics of environmental robotics workshop,  International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards (ICRES) 2025
The workshop adopts a participatory provocation-based format to stimulate discussion and critical reflection among participating researchers, policymakers, and technologists. This workshop has three provocation statements:
  • "Autonomous robotic ecologists will revolutionise conservation by executing micro-scale ecosystem engineering – deploying swarms of nanobots that restructure soil microbiology to optimise biodiversity metrics without human intervention." - Elena Dieckmann, Lecturer, Imperial College London
  • "Environmental robotics requires ethical review boards with rigorous testing frameworks similar to those used for medical trials before deployment in natural ecosystems." - Kostas Karahalios, CEO, Perceptual Robotics
  • "Autonomous agriculture systems will perpetuate conventional farming practices, further delaying the reforms needed to protect the environment." - Richard Mawle, Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England

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