Autonomous Vehicles and the Law
“You can look forward to automation as a similar set of local and national tensions and developments and opportunities,” said Bryant Walker Smith. Smith was com…
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Britain has ambitious plan for driverless cars, but roadblocks remain
"“It’s an early statement by a national government that this is a policy priority," said Bryant Walker Smith, an associate law professor at the Univer…
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Drone flies too close to NYPD chopper, police say; operators arrested
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, said the case exemplified some of the problems in the lack of regulation for civilian drones.…
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A Prominent Lawyer Is Calling For A New Federal Agency To Regulate Robots
"Ryan Calo, assistant professor of law at the University of Washington (and one of Business Insider's most important people in robotics), believes that…
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Is America Incapable of Regulating Robots?
"Law professor Ryan Calo believes that robots are soon going to constitute a more abrupt departure from the technologies that preceded them than did the In…
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Delivery Drones Grounded by F.A.A.
"Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law who specializes in robotics and drones, told me that the worry about drone…
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The Most Important People Working In Robotics Today
"Laws has to keep up with new technologies, and Ryan Calo has his eye on robot legalities, particularly with respect to policy and ethics. For example, Ca…
Hands-Free Driving for $10,000
Bryant Walker Smith appears beginning at 1:55. Watch the full segment at NBC Nightly News.…
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Driverless tech: First comes carriage ... then the law
""Under the existing code, a human user could almost always be considered a 'driver,' " regardless of where that person is, Smith said. &…
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Smile! A Drone Is About to Take Your Picture
"But Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law, who specializes in robotics and drones, said the accidents that were…
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As Robotics Advances, Worries of Killer Robots Rise
"“It’s the fear of robots,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School who studies driverless cars. “…
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Why the FAA's Newly Approved Drone Flights Are 'Problematic'
""Everything about it is surprising to me, Calo told Live Science. "I'm surprised the FAA is allowing any commercial use in advance of releas…