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Announcing the We Robot 2015 Call for Papers
The program commitee invites submissions for the fourth annual robotics law and policy conference—We Robot 2015—to be held in Seattle, Washington on April 10-11…
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Plate and Switch: Google’s Self-Driving Car Is a Transformer Too
"Bryant Walker Smith is a law professor at the University of South Carolina and chair of the Emerging Technology Law Committee of the Transportation Resear…
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Can you shoot down a drone on your land? New incident raises self-defense questions
"“Generally speaking, tort law frowns on self-help and that includes drones,” says Ryan Calo, a robotics and cyber-law scholar at the University of Washing…
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The Need for a New Agency to Regulate Robots
"Emerging technologies often generate a great debate over the efficacy of new federal regulations. In the past, the government has had to adapt to new tech…
Building Moral Robots, With Whose Morals?
Listen to CIS Affiliate Scholar Peter Asaro on NPR: http://capeandislands.org/post/building-moral-robots-whose-morals…
Killer Robots + Ancient Rules of War = Trouble
Listen to the full piece at New Tech City. A version of this story won the German Prize for Innovation Journalism. It aired on Deutschlandfunk by Thomas Reintj…
Enchanted Objects, Regulating Robots, & Prison Gang Origins
Listen to Ryan Calo's interview at New Hampshire Public Radio. Full story at NHPR available on their website. "Ryan Calo is assistant professor at th…
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New docs show drone landed on Lincoln head at Mount Rushmore in 2013
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, who has studied drone law, told Ars that the government shouldn't impose a double standard…
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Time for a Federal Robotics Agency
"“There are significant challenges in getting technologists into federal government,” Calo told Truthdig. He argues that an agency that could gather the fo…
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Are you ready to fly on a pilotless plane?
"Perhaps not, says Bryant Walker Smith, a lawyer who researches risk and technology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, but airlines might be…
America Needs a Federal Robotics Agency
Ryan Calo is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law. A host of emerging technologies require a coordinated set of laws and regulat…
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Is It Time For A U.S. Agency Dedicated To Robotics?
"We’ve got cars without drivers out there. Companies are testing drone delivery. Specialized robots are being used inside and outside factories. Ethical, s…