Konstantin Ritt

Research Assistant, Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM) | Technical University of Munich

Konstantin Ritt is a research assistant at the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM), Technical University of Munich. With a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, he is now working at the intersection of engineering, social sciences and ethics. He is interested in how to bring a sociotechnical understanding into the field of engineering so as to account better for the complexities of current research directions in robotics and AI.

k.ritt@tum.de
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Digital society

Robots

Glossary

The definition of the term robot goes beyond a strictly technical understanding. Instead, robots are rather perceived as autonomous, socio-technical machines.

Digital work environment

RESPONSIBLE ROBOTICS (RR-AI) Tracing ethical and social aspects of AI-based transformations in healthcare work and knowledge environments

Project

The integration of embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) into healthcare and society generally is expected to deliver major benefits over the coming decades.

Digital responsibility

Embedding ethics into every step of emerging technologies

Blog
8 March 2021

What exactly does it mean to ‘embed’ ethics into technology and how can this be effectively accomplished? Here we outline our Responsible Robotics project, along with some challenges and benefits of the embedded ethics…

Publications

  • Tigard, Daniel W.; Braun, Maximilian; Breuer, Svenja; Ritt, Konstantin; Fiske, Amelia; McLennan, Stuart; Buyx, Alena (2023)

    Toward Best Practices in Embedded Ethics: Suggestions for Interdisciplinary Technology Development

    Journal article
    Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume: 167, Nr. 104467
    DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2023.104467
    Project: RR-AI
  • Ritt, Konstantin; Breuer, Svenja; Braun, Maximilian (2021)

    Responsible Robotics: Im Tanz der Akzeptanz?

    Journal article
    VDI/VDE, Technik in Bayern, Nr. 2, P. 26-27
    Project: RR-AI
  • Breuer, Svenja; Braun, Maximilian; Ritt, Konstantin; Tigard, Daniel (2021)

    Embedding Ethics and Social Science Into Telemedicine Research, Development, and Implementation

    Conference paper
    ACM, Proceedings of Realizing AI in Healthcare: Challenges Appearing in the Wild (CHI 2021), P. 1-6, New York, NY, USA
    Project: RR-AI
  • Tigard, Daniel; Ritt, Konstantin; Breuer, Svenja; Braun, Maximilian (2021)

    Embedding ethics into every step of emerging technologies

    Internet document
    bidt, bidt blog
    Project: RR-AI
  • McLennan, Stuart; Fiske, Amelia; Celi, Leo Anthony; Müller, Ruth; Harder, Jan; Ritt, Konstantin; Haddadin, Sami; Buyx, Alena (2020)

    An embedded ethics approach for AI development

    Journal article
    Nat Mach Intell (Nature Machine Intelligence), Volume: 2, Nr. 9, P. 488-490
    DOI: 10.1038/s42256-020-0214-1
    Project: RR-AI