Robots run new Chinese factory
Robots have been used in factories around the world for decades, often carrying out dangerous or highly repetitive operations. However the city of Dongguan, Chi…
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Robot rights rule!
"An ethicist says that now is the time to ponder the enigmatic questions of cyber law: “Robotic systems accomplish tasks in ways that cannot be anticipated…
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Robotic Surgeries Kill People, But Don't Freak Out Yet
"Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington Law School and co-director of the school’s Tech Policy Lab, has some ideas about…
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Aibo, but for business, and less adorable: Sony enters the drone market
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in issues concerning robotics, noted that Sony's focus on service-focused d…
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Should robots have human rights? Act now to regulate killer machines before they multiply and demand the right to vote, warns legal expert
"A legal expert has warned that the laws that govern robotics are playing catch-up to the technology and need to be updated in case robots 'wake up'…
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‘Killer robots’ could spark violence against Canadians, change global power balances: DND
"“One reacts to the other because it senses a threat and then the other reacts to that reaction because it senses a threat and then they start calling re-e…
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The Law and the Robot
"“The law tends to assume that people intend what they do, or at least are able to foresee the consequences of what they do,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant…
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Law Must Catch Up with Rise of Robotics
"A new article calls for the law to catch up with robotic technology. Ryan Calo, assistant professor in the University of Washington School of Law, says it…
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Should We Have Laws to Control Robots Before They Control Us?
"Robotics is shaping up to be the next transformative technology of our time, says legal expert Ryan Calo, who argues in a new paper that we need laws to d…
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We're going to have to change our laws to cope with robots
""Technology has not stood still," he wrote in an article in the California Law Review journal. "The same private institutions that develop…
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Robotics and the law: When software can harm you
"Recent headlines declaring “Robot Kills Man in Germany” are examples of growing news coverage about the impact of robots on society. This is the subject o…
What the Future of Self-Driving Cars Might Look Like
Self-driving cars – long the dream of science fiction, are closer to reality than you might think. In fact they’ve already traveled more than one million miles…