ABSTRACT
We now turn to the actual design of the overall system. Multiple architectural opportunities are presented that can potentially integrate a moral faculty into a typical hybrid deliberative/reactive robot architecture [Arkin 98] (Fig. 10.1). ese components include the following:
1. Ethical Governor: A transformer/suppressor of system-generated lethal action (ρlethal-ij) to permissible action (either nonlethal or obligated ethical lethal force ρl-ethical-ij). is deliberate bottleneck is introduced into the architecture, in essence, to force a second opinion prior to the conduct of a privileged lethal behavioral response.
