As proposed by the editors, we give statements to two of the questions formulated above, briefly sketch some basics of a role-based approach to socio-technical innovation and give some examples, as to why a role-based approach might be helpful for observing and contributing to the field of Social Robotics.
['Martin Meister', 'Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer']
Investigating and designing social robots from a role-theoretical perspective: Response to Social interaction with robots--three questions. In Gesa Lindemann (this volume)