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Value sensitive design is a form of design that was developed by researching human-computer interactions. By introducing attention to human values, ethical problems in technical design can be improved. The term "value sensitive design" (VSD) first appeared in a paper written by Friedman and Peter Kahn in the mid-1990s who attempted to apply human values and morality to the design of computer systems. Following its publication, two seminars funded by the National Science Foundation helped cultivate VSD research and design teams, which set the research agenda for VSD and promoted research in VSD by training relevant researchers.(Friedman & Kahn, 2008) Till now, VSD has served as an innovative design method according to innovative design in modern high-tech research and development. It takes the unpredictable risk of innovative design as the value judgment while attaching equal importance to ethics and design as a research and development path.A close coupling relationship exists between the human experience and technology or tools. Accordingly, using VSD can enable researchers, engineers and designers to participate in the early development of technology and adjust the developmental direction of technology in order to adapt to human development prospects. (Guihong, 2019) Integrating human values into the design process of technology breaks previous design methods in the value vacuum.Currently, VSD is mainly applied to ethical issues in information and computer technology. (Briggs & Thomas, 2015; Deng, Joshi, & Galliers, 2016; Harbers & Neerincx, 2017) The second area of application is medical ethics and nursing. (Burmeister, 2016; Kavanagh, Cimiotti, Abusalem, & Coty, 2012; van Andel, Leijten, van Delden, & van Thiel, 2015) Research on VSD in the field of engineering ethics is becoming increasingly abundant. For example, VSD is applied in wind power projects in industrialized areas in close proximity to world heritage sites. By analyzing the value conflicts of livability, economy, landscape and nature, interest conflicts among stakeholders can be reasonably solved.(van der Waal, van der Windt, Botma, & van Oost, 2020) Additionally, the moral conflict between architects and structural engineers may be remedied, resulting in more reasonable decisions being made.(Hurol, 2014) VSD can also effectively meet the design requirements of urban streets.(Osman, El-Gohary, & El-Diraby, 2007) In addition, VSD is used in industry 4.0 to build a future factory that focuses on ethics and values.(Philbeck, Davis, & Larsen, 2018; Saille, 2015)