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WeRobot2014 Conference Underway at University of Miami
"But one of the important conceptual questions is what is a robot in the social sense, and what makes robots in society different from automation, cyber, o…
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What To Do If You Find A Lost Drone
"“I think if you find a drone, you set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s meant to be,” said legal drone expert Ryan Calo kiddingly, before more seriou…
Transportation 2025 and Beyond - Discussion with Rodney Slater
View the full video on our YouTube channel. Lunch Time Discussion with Honorable Rodney Slater on the Opportunities, Challenges and Best Pathways for Successfu…
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Why it is not possible to regulate robots
"Is there such a thing as a robot? An excellent paper by Ryan Calo proposes that there is such a thing as a robot, and that, moreover, many of the thornies…
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The Practical Path to Driverless Cars
""Google has a lot of data from its fleet," says Bryant Walker Smith, resident fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law Scho…
Driven To Gridlock: Driverless Cars
There’s a lot of talk about autonomous control vehicles, or cars that drive themselves. Charles Feldman talked with Stanford Law School expert Bryant Walker Smi…
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Snowden BEAMs into TED: How robotic telepresence disrupts borders
"Robotics and law expert Ryan Calo seems to think that laws around telepresence are inevitable: “Today’s telepresence permits people to communicate more fu…
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Killer Robots: Natural Evolution, or Abomination?
"Peter Asaro, however, is not impressed with this domino theory of agency. A philosopher of science at The New School, in New York, and co-founder of ICRAC…
Can You Sue A Robot For Defamation?
Cross-posted from Forbes. Life moves pretty fast. Especially for journalists. When an earthquake aftershock shakes America’s second largest city, news outlets…
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Drone Wars (Of The Legal Variety)
"“The judge noted in passing that the FAA’s public communication around defining UAS [unmanned air systems] was technically defective. He didn’t rely on th…
FAA Appeals Drone Decision
Cross-posted from Concurring Opinions. Last week, an administrative law judge invalidated a fine against Raphael Pirker by the Federal Aviation Administration…
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FAA Fine Against Drone Photographer Dismissed
""It does mean that if you have this kind of aircraft [the FAA] is not going to be in a position to fine you," Ryan Calo, professor of law at the…