Characteristics of a responsible community robot: Data from a Delphi study

This article presents data collected during a six-round Delphi study to explore and identify key characteristics that define a robot as a responsible community robot. A total of 20 panellists participated each with relevant technical, organising or contextual expertise. The study employed a case study of the development of a responsible community robot for a group of citizen scientists to support waterway monitoring, considering the product, process and paradigm of the robot. The panel contributed 170 ideas, which were combined into 111 voting statements and rated by participants from essential to unnecessary. The dataset presented in this article combines raw questionnaire data from the Delphi study and a record of the intermediate study analysis. The data provided in this article enables further investigation and comparative analyses into the characteristics of responsible community robots across a broader range of contexts. It offers a resource for roboticists and technologists, community groups and other stakeholders interested in the research, development and deployment of responsible community robots.