The project will focus on the following ethical issues associated with child-robot interaction. All are related to the problem of trust and its relation to appearance:

• Does the design comply with existing laws and regulations?
• Does the robot achieve its therapeutic aim, that is, can the therapist trust that the robot will actually contribute to the treatment of the child’s autism?
• How autonomous should the robot be, given problems regarding trust and responsibility?
• What are the implications of the child-robot interaction for trust (by the therapist, the child, the designer, the operator, and the parents)?