Open Roboethics Institute
What is ORI
Open Roboethics Institute (ORI) is a Canadian nonprofit that gathers communities of interdisciplinary thinkers and doers to engage with pressing social and ethical implications of robotics and AI technologies. Our goal is to collaborate with partner organizations and build learning communities based on principles of openness, inclusivity, and participation. Then, we develop tools and resources to help members examine robotics and AI systems, understand their implications, and anticipate their various harms and mitigation strategies for their communities. Towards this goal, ORI is a community builder and resource creator.
What Do We Do
Community Building
We create accessible and open spaces with two primary goals which include 1) providing hands-on training, workshops, and lectures on AI and robot ethics that are accessible to diverse audiences, 2) creating spaces for community members to connect with others in an effort to investigate the ethics of robotics and AI.
Resources
We deliver research and community-informed resources to investigate ethical dimensions of AI and robotics. The entirety of our research and resources are shared openly and for free. ORI has created the Foresight into AI Ethics (FAIE) and Learning Hub toolkits.
AI Ethics Toolkit
Our toolkit provides a systematic method to uncover key ethical issues specific to your data-driven AI project so as to better anticipate and mitigate the risks.
Learning hub guide
The ORI learning hub guide provides you to starter kit including a reading list and tips to start a hub at your community to discuss ethical issues about robots and AI.
Blog
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How much control should a bathing robot have?
A few years ago, researchers at the University of British Columbia (AJung Moon,
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If a robot can’t share the elevator, should it yield?
How can ORi help connect various stakeholders of robotics technology in an easy
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Should an autonomous car be able to drive around by itself?
A couple of months ago, we asked our readers whether a child under the
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Second Roboethics Competition: What can a robot fetch for you?
ICRA 2022 just got started and this year the second Roboethics Competition will
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RO-MAN Roboethics Competition: What is an ethical home robot to you?
So what does it mean for a robot to act ethically within a