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Self-driving semi hits the road
"In many states, for instance, using an iPad in the driver's seat would be illegal even if the truck could drive itself, said Bryant Walker Smith, a Un…
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Hands-Free Cars Take Wheel, and Law Isn’t Stopping Them
"“Most states don’t expressly prohibit automated vehicles,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a professor of law and engineering at the University of South Carolin…
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Experts predict robots will take over 30% of our jobs by 2025 — and white-collar jobs aren't immune
""Historically what we thought was that robots would do things that were the three D's: dangerous, dirty, and dull," explains Ryan Calo, prof…
WeRobot 2015 KEYNOTE: An Evening with Tony Dyson
Tony Dyson, noted roboticist and special effects model-maker, and the builder of R2D2, discusses the future of robotics with Professor Ryan Calo of the Universi…
WeRobot 2015 Panel 3: “Robotics Governance”
Panelists: Peter Asaro, Jason Millar, Kristen Thomasen, & David Post Asaro, “Regulating Robots: A Multi-Scale Approach to Developing Robot Policy and Techn…
The right to life and the Martens Clause
Patrick Lin made interesting observations on the ethical notion of human dignity in the context of LAWS. Even if LAWS could act in accordance with IHL, taking o…
The debate over US drones opens
(Spanish TV) Robotics can create weapons they think for themselves and can attack military targets without human supervision.UN prepares an international treaty…
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Self-Driving Cars, Future Technology Explored at 2015 SAE Conference
""In the show, it's 2060," said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor in the School of Law and the School of Engineering at the Univers…
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Rise of robotic killing machines has a cautious world talking
"As Professor Patrick Lin of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo pointed out in his analytic address to the panel on April 16, “war is terrible, and all such (war) we…
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Driverless cars face technical, legal hurdles
"Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, said we're likely not going to find out until the first driverless ca…
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Self-driving cars will be safer, but surprises will happen
""Am I concerned that something could go wrong with an automated car? Yes. But I'm terrified by what happens with all these human drivers," s…
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Autonomous Vehicles Coming, But Not Slam Dunk You May Have Read About
"But there will be failures that result in fatalities, and Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at the University of South Carolina and a legal expert,…