robot policy

RoboLaw: Why and how to regulate robotics

The issue is often raised whether robotics needs to be regulated. While some believe that there is no need to intervene because regulation may stifle innovation, others believe that indeed there is ne...

29 October 2014, by Andrea Bertolini

When it comes to regulating robotics, multiple questions are at issue

Earlier this month the Brookings Institute published a paper by Ryan Calo titled "The case for a federally regulated robotics commission". As much as I appreciate the thoughtfulness and readability of...

28 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

A call for debate on robot policy

The 1953 New Yorker cartoon that started the “Take me to your leader” meme showed two aliens newly arrived on earth asking a donkey to, effectively, give them policy guidance. This is exactly what...

24 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Hot topic: Regulating robotics

Updated 24/09/14 Do robots need to be regulated? Several legal and policy experts think that robot regulations should be developed early and revised often. Others - especially those working on researc...

23 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

The case for a federal robotics commission | Ryan Calo via Brookings Institute

Ryan Calo explores whether advances in robotics also call for a standalone body within the federal government, tentatively concluding that the United States would benefit from an agency dedicated to t...

16 September 2014, by Andra Keay