A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food context
Value Sensitive Design (VSD) aims to take societal values on board in the design of innovative technologies. While a lot has been written on VSD and the added value of using it for technology development, limited literature is available on its application to the agri-food sector. This article descri...
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| author | Else Giesbers Kelly Rijswijk Mark Ryan Mashiat Hossain Aneesh Chauhan |
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| description | Value Sensitive Design (VSD) aims to take societal values on board in the design of innovative technologies. While a lot has been written on VSD and the added value of using it for technology development, limited literature is available on its application to the agri-food sector. This article describes a VSD case study on an agri-food robotic system and reflects on the insights into the added value of using VSD. This paper concludes that while VSD contributes to broadening the perspective of technical researchers about non-technical requirements, its application in this case is constrained by five factors related to the nature of the VSD approach: i) lack of clarity on dealing with conflicting values; ii) the ideal timing of VSD is unclear; iii) VSD lacks effectiveness when technology is outsourced; iv) VSD does not account for time and context specificness of values; and v) the operationalisation of values in VSD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5fce6b3752a24437aa3f17e6446ce5a82025-08-20T01:48:49ZengElsevierJournal of Responsible Technology2666-65962025-06-012210012010.1016/j.jrt.2025.100120A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food contextElse Giesbers0Kelly Rijswijk1Mark Ryan2Mashiat Hossain3Aneesh Chauhan4Wageningen Social & Economic Research, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, the Netherlands; Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen, the Netherlands; Corresponding author.Wageningen Social & Economic Research, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, the NetherlandsWageningen Social & Economic Research, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, the NetherlandsWageningen Social & Economic Research, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, the NetherlandsWageningen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, Wageningen, the NetherlandsValue Sensitive Design (VSD) aims to take societal values on board in the design of innovative technologies. While a lot has been written on VSD and the added value of using it for technology development, limited literature is available on its application to the agri-food sector. This article describes a VSD case study on an agri-food robotic system and reflects on the insights into the added value of using VSD. This paper concludes that while VSD contributes to broadening the perspective of technical researchers about non-technical requirements, its application in this case is constrained by five factors related to the nature of the VSD approach: i) lack of clarity on dealing with conflicting values; ii) the ideal timing of VSD is unclear; iii) VSD lacks effectiveness when technology is outsourced; iv) VSD does not account for time and context specificness of values; and v) the operationalisation of values in VSD.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666659625000162Value sensitive designAgri-food roboticsEthicsValueEthics in design |
| spellingShingle | Else Giesbers Kelly Rijswijk Mark Ryan Mashiat Hossain Aneesh Chauhan A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food context Journal of Responsible Technology Value sensitive design Agri-food robotics Ethics Value Ethics in design |
| title | A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food context |
| title_full | A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food context |
| title_fullStr | A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food context |
| title_full_unstemmed | A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food context |
| title_short | A robot with human values: assessing value-sensitive design in an agri-food context |
| title_sort | robot with human values assessing value sensitive design in an agri food context |
| topic | Value sensitive design Agri-food robotics Ethics Value Ethics in design |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666659625000162 |
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