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Emerging patchwork of regulation of UAS operations near critical infrastructure

Diana Marina Cooper 22 Nov 2016

Over the last couple of years, we have seen an increase in state regulation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). A recent report published by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) titled “...

Major debate on robots & society sets scene for #ERW2015 European Robotics Week

Adriana Hamacher 26 Nov 2015

A mouthwatering array of over 750 events has been taking place throughout Europe this week as the continent celebrates Robotics Week 2015. The festivities began with an eye-opening debate on "Robots a...

Privacy, Google, and Big Deals, with Avner Levin

AJung Moon 07 Mar 2014

Link to audio file (33:53) What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics? Since last December, Google alone has acquired a handful of companies in robotics, hom...

An insider’s look at why ethics, policy, and law matter to current and future warfare | The Atlantic

CIS Blog 22 Apr 2013

Contrary to popular opinion, ethics is more than "gut reactions" or intuitions, but it's about drawing out and applying broader principles that ought to guide our actions, such as maximizing...

VLAB: Drones – The commercial era takes off, but breaking the law is going to blow-up in our faces

Robert Morris 26 Mar 2013

Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending VLAB: Drones – The Commercial Era Takes Off at Stanford GSB. The event was truly fantastic and the panel was amazing. The moderator was Chris Anderson,...

Giving rights to robots, with Kate Darling

Podcast team 08 Mar 2013

Link to audio file (22:47) In this episode, we talk with Kate Darling from the MIT Media Lab, about giving rights to social robots. She tells us about a recent Pleo torture session she organized at...

Stanford holding second conference on robotics and the law | CIS blog

Sabine Hauert 22 Nov 2012

The program committee of We Robot: Getting Down To Business invites submissions from legal scholars and roboticists to the second annual conference on robotics and the law, scheduled to take place Apr...

Stanford hosts panel on making autonomous cars legal

Sabine Hauert 18 Nov 2012

The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford released a video of their panel discussion on "How an (Autonomous Driving) Bill Becomes Law" that took place earlier this month. The discussion builds o...

How an autonomous driving bill becomes law

Andra Keay 06 Nov 2012

Two years ago, no state legislature had even contemplated self-driving cars. Now, three states have passed legislation, several more are considering it, and Nevada's DMV has issued the world's first a...

If I fly a UAV over my neighbor’s house, is it trespassing?

Andra Keay 11 Oct 2012

Even a toy drone with an HD camera scrambles our sense of property and privacy rights. See on www.theatlantic.com...

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