RR-Ethics™: A Human-Centred Ethical Readiness Index for Responsible Deployment of Embodied AI Humanoid Eldercare Robotics
This public version presents the Humanoid Eldercare Robotics Ethical Readiness Index (HERI™) Version 1.0 for transparency, academic discussion and future development purposes. HERI Version 1.0 represents an initial framework contribution in an emerging field and should be interpreted together with its stated research boundaries and limitations. Future development may include broader expert review, multi-site evaluation, inter-rater reliability assessment and additional validation activities.
Authors
- Weidong Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4444-6595)
- X Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6672-4720)
- Weijie Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-4589)
- Tian Shen
- Tingting Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8446-9978)
- Q-Y Huang
- C Yan
- Jian Zhang
- Wenqun Guo
Institutions
- BJC HealthCare (US)
- Zhejiang Lab (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-06-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21002066
- Primary Topic
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00