This paper aims to clarify how “Integrative Social Robotics” (ISR) can solve the triple gridlock of description, evaluation and regulation (D-E-R) in relation to the concrete case of Silbot. It is indicated how the five principles of ISR can mitigate the strained collaboration of Silbot, described by Jeon et al. (2020). The paper arrives at a series of questions that can be used in the research, design and development (RDD) process with the intention to have developers critically reflect on the RDD process along the lines of the ISR framework.