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To make smart devices behave in more human-centered manners, it is important to develop a methodology for defining smart devices\u2019 key roles and mapping them with socio-ethical and administrative policies. This paper proposes a policy development methodology for making smart devices more human-centred by following its four phases i.e., concept development, defining and mapping policies, implementing the processing of policies, and deploying the devices. The suggested methodology may be used in a variety of situations where smart devices interact with people. For illustration, the proposed methodology has been applied to three different settings, including a supermarket, a children\u2019s hospital, and early learning centers, where each phase defined in the methodology has been followed. The application of the methodology to smart internet-connected devices, including robots, smart cameras, and smart speakers, has shown significant results. It has been observed that the devices behave in more human-centric ways while performing their core functions, adhering to socio-ethical policies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22197401","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,29]],"date-time":"2022-09-29T01:23:16Z","timestamp":1664414596000},"page":"7401","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Towards a Policy Development Methodology for Human-Centred IoT Collectives"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0642-6518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amna","family":"Batool","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5339-9305","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seng W.","family":"Loke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3668-1242","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Niroshinie","family":"Fernando","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9699-9418","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jonathan","family":"Kua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"47","article-title":"A Survey of Specific IoT Applications","volume":"10","author":"Alzubi","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int. 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