What about spiritual needs? Care robotics and spiritual care

Autor(en)
Jonas Simmerlein
Abstrakt

Health is a multidimensional phenomenon encompassing physical, mental, social, and spiritual aspects. Therefore, it is only logical that good care should be holistic and include all these dimensions. However, when examining the current field of health and care robotics, the spiritual aspect is notably neglected. As a result, current health and care robots cannot provide holistic care. This paper argues that this neglect should be addressed, and, drawing on the emerging field of spiritual robotics, that spiritual aspects should receive greater attention when considering, developing, or deploying health and care robots. We also propose guidelines for equipping health and care robots with the necessary spiritual capabilities.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Praktische Theologie und Religionspsychologie
Journal
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Band
11
ISSN
2296-9144
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2024.1455133
Publikationsdatum
12-2024
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
102018 Künstliche Neuronale Netze, 603220 Seelsorge, 202035 Robotik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Applications
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/5c426a0f-21b0-4ad9-a49a-ddcdadc2acb3