It’s time to replace nineteenth century phrases for twenty first century expertise

Unmanned and grasp/slave are two phrases which are offensive to many in the neighborhood. Such phrases might as soon as have been accepted by society, however not any longer, and we’re happy to see many organizations beginning to use various phrases.

We name on you in 2022 to take away phrases with unfavorable connotations, like those listed beneath, from all supplies, course descriptions, division names, merchandise, kinds, experiences or articles. The profit to you is in broadening your enchantment to all of the neighborhood members who discover these phrases, if not outrightly offensive, then at least old style and consultant of a mindset that has not engaged meaningfully with creating inclusive or trendy robotics.

Ladies in Robotics has taken the lead in curating a listing of greatest practices in inclusive terminology, in session with different teams, and now we wish to share the primary draft of “Terminology for twenty first Century Technologists” for remark. To date we’ve thought-about gender, ethnicity and a few incapacity points. Our aim is to create a complete listing of terminology, which might undergo an replace course of periodically, simply as requirements do. There may be clearly slightly extra work to be finished and we wish to embody sections on ‘ retire phrases’, ‘ implement modifications constructively’ and extra details about the method. That is the place you possibly can assist us.

Please ship feedback in response to the primary draft by June 28 2022 to experiences@womeninrobotics.org