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181© Der/die Autor(en) 2018 O. Bendel (Hrsg.), Pflegeroboter, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22698-5_10 Abstract The concept of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has gained prominence in European research. It has been integrated into the EU’s Horizon 2020 research frame- work as well as a number of individual Member States’ research strategies. Elsewhere we have discussed how the idea of RRI can be applied to healthcare robots (Stahl and Coeckelbergh 2016) and we have speculated what such an implementation might look like in social reality (Stahl et al. 2014). In this paper I will explore how parallel develop- ments reflect the reasoning in RRI. The focus of the paper will therefore be on the recently published standard on “Robots and robotic devices: Guide to the ethical design and appli- cation of robots and robotic systems” (BSI 2016). I will analyse the standard and discuss how it can be applied to care robots. The key question to be discussed is whether and to what degree this can be seen as an implementation of RRI in the area of care robotics. 10.1 Introduction The concept of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has gained significant cur- rency in recent years. It has been used to discuss how societies can influence their research and innovation activities in a way that will render these more likely to be soci- ally acceptable, desirable and sustainable. The discourse around RRI has covered a broad number of fields of science and technology research. A current high profile area of Implementing Responsible Research and Innovation for Care Robots through BS 8611 Bernd Carsten Stahl 10 B. C. Stahl (*) Department of Informatics, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom E-Mail: bstahl@dmu.ac.uk