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Development of Artificial Intelligence Service Robot According to the Korean Ethical Self-Checklist

DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ROBOT ACCORDING TO THE KOREAN ETHICAL SELF-CHECKLIST

Report State lawEastern Asia · KRin force

This academic paper describes the development of an artificial intelligence home care service robot for the elderly, designed in accordance with the Self-Checklist for AI Ethics Standards published by the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT. The paper details how five core ethical requirements—human rights guarantee, privacy protection, non-infringement, public good, and safety—were integrated into the robot's architecture and functions. It illustrates practical implementation in features such as cognitive and emotional activities, physical exercise guidance, medication reminders, and real-time monitoring.

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Who issued it

Dong-A UniversityAcademic · KR

Lead issuer

Cheongju National University of EducationAcademic · KR

Co-issuer

Legal forceVoluntary

Under whose authorityState law

Judged fromfull text

Who it governs

Researchers and academicsGeneral publicAI developers and providersAI deployers and users

AI developers, robotics engineers, and researchers seeking practical examples of how to embed ethical guidelines into AI-enabled care systems.

Sectors

Healthcare · elderly home careResearch and science · artificial intelligence and robotics

What the document contains

What's covered

The document addresses the practical application of South Korea's national AI ethics self-checklist in the engineering and software design of an elderly care service robot named DORI. It details specific features like conversational interaction, posture recognition, medication reminders, and monitoring while mapping them to ethical requirements such as safety, privacy, and human rights.

What's missing

The text does not provide binding legal regulations or statutory enforcement mechanisms, as the underlying checklist is strictly voluntary. Detailed user experiments and fully finalized granular validation checklists are left as future work.

Key takeaways

The Korean Ministry of Science and ICT announced a voluntary AI ethics self-checklist consisting of 35 items across 10 core requirements.
The home care service robot DORI was designed specifically to integrate five of these ethical requirements: human rights guarantee, privacy protection, non-infringement, public good, and safety.
DORI provides cognitive, emotional, and physical activity guidance for elderly users, alongside medication reminders and real-time monitoring.
Ethical measures implemented in DORI include respectful communication, immediate removal of camera image data to protect privacy, and distance maintenance to ensure physical safety.

Principles it states

Principle of human dignityPrinciple of the common good of societyPrinciple of purposefulness of technology

Outline

1. Introduction
2. AI Ethics Checklist
  - 2.1. Purpose and Recommendation
  - 2.2. Key Requirement
3. Service Robot DORI
  - 3.1. Content and Service
4. Application of AI Ethics Checklist
  - 4.1. Cognitive and Emotional Function Promotion Activities
  - 4.2. Activities to improve physical function
  - 4.3. Medication Reminder Service
  - 4.4. Monitoring Service
5. Conclusion

Issued18 July 2022

Length3,391 words

FormatNot recorded

Scopenational

How it scores

Pending review

Each score is backed by a quote verified against the document text. Editorial review has not yet confirmed them.

Accountability

2/5

Clear responsibility for AI outcomes

Efforts should be made to minimize the damage that may occur by establishing a responsible person in the process of developing and utilizing AI.

2.2. Key Requirement

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Fairness

4/5

Non-discrimination and equitable treatment

bias and discrimination based on individual characteristics such as gender, age, disability, region, race, religion, and country should be minimized and commercialized AI should be applied fairly to all.

2.2. Key Requirement

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Human Dignity

4/5

Respect for the inherent worth of persons

The principle of human dignity means “ AI should be developed and utilized within the scope that does not harm human life as well as mental and physical health.”

2.1. Purpose and Recommendation

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Human Oversight

3/5

Humans remain in control of consequential decisions

If the user says “no” again, DORI respects the user's will and stop recording the camera.

4.4. Monitoring Service

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Privacy

4/5

Protection of personal data and private life

In body function enhancement activities, the robot uses a camera to capture the user' s movements and performs real-time posture recognition. In this case, the image data is not stored separately and is immediately removed after image processing

4.2. Activities to improve physical function

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Transparency

3/5

Openness about how AI systems work and are used

Efforts should be made to increase transparency and explainability to a level suitable for the situation in which AI is used by considering the trade -offs with other principles to form social trust.

2.2. Key Requirement

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Enforcement

0/5

Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force

2. AI Ethics Checklist

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Impact Assessment

2/5

Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use

there are many voices calling for ethical consideration from the stage of AI development

1. Introduction

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Topics

Physical AI Governancesupporting

robotics ai_ethics elderly_care service_robot ethical_checklist