The right way to regulate drone privacy

On August 6th, I had the honor of testifying in front of the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee on regulation of drones, by the state of California. The committee is considering seve...

19 August 2013, by Robert Morris

Trolling Effects | TechDirt

While in the robotics industry patent litigation hasn't yet become the gigantic headache it is in consumer electronics, that potential exists. Perhaps early attention, with an eye to just how bad the ...

16 August 2013, by John Payne

Six questions states need to ask about self-driving cars | Governing

A growing number of states are taking up legislation that addresses self-driving vehicles in an effort to make it easier for researchers to explore the technology. But most of the legislation deals...

13 August 2013, by CIS Blog

White House hosts Google+ Hangout; NASDAQ gets new ETF targeting robotics and automation

... Leading roboticists talked about their recent projects and what inspired them to become involved with robotics at a White House hosted Google+ Hangout Friday. The event was covered by many media i...

10 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Major players in robotics join Whitehouse hangout

Major players in robotics joined the Whitehouse's "We the Geeks" Google+ hangout series to discuss the positive impact of robots in the future....

09 August 2013, by Sabine Hauert

When terrible engineers are good

A recent post "I need terrible female engineers" on Medium by Amy Nguyen describes her feelings as a female engineer; feeling that technical women are expected to be super humanly perfect - like Summe...

06 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Delivered by drones: Are Tacocopters and Burrito Bombers the next Pony Express? | Slate

The drones are coming! The drones are coming! But this time they’re not armed with hellfire missiles. These drones are packing a new kind of heat: steaming pizzas, fresh tacos, and cold beer. ...

06 August 2013, by CIS Blog

The ethics of saving lives with autonomous cars are far murkier than you think | Wired

If you don’t listen to Google’s robot car, it will yell at you. I’m not kidding: I learned that on my test-drive at a Stanford conference on vehicle automation a couple weeks ago. The ...

30 July 2013, by CIS Blog

Long view required to keep economic policy in step with developments in robotics

Policy is really about long-term thinking — a process we should do but don't do for various reasons. Though China is a notable exception, very few governments make long-term planning a priority. ...

16 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development in robotics?

Economic policy may not jump to mind as a hot topic for roboticists, but it is a fundamental and influential driver behind the failure or success of the robotics community as a whole. After all, econo...

15 July 2013, by RBI Editors

Oxford Martin School founder and GF2045 keynote speaker James Martin dies

... At Global Future 2045, in NYC, June 15-16, the keynote speaker represented rampant technological change as both a problem and a benefit, and it needed to be addressed as such. He died on June 24....

29 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Ethical, social and legal issues, with Pericle Salvini

Link to audio file (33:23) In this episode, Per talks to Pericle Salvini from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna about his work with social, ethical and legal issues in robotics. He tells us about the Robola...

19 April 2013, by Per Sjöborg

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