Drones: 1, FAA: 0
Cross-posted from Forbes. An administrative judge invalidated a fine yesterday against an individual who used a small drone for the commercial purpose of takin…
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Experts See Autonomous-Car Revolution as Evolution
"Bryant Walker Smith, a researcher at Stanford University’s Center for Automotive Research and the Center for the Internet and Society at Stanford’s law sc…
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Robots and the law: what's after cyberlaw?
"Ryan Calo, the organizer of the annual Stanford conference on Robots and the Law has written a new paper called Robotics and the New Cyberlaw , examining…
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Robotics and the New Cyberlaw
Cyberlaw is the study of the intersection between law and the Internet. It should come as no surprise, then, that the defining questions of cyberlaw grew out o…
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Third Annual Robotics and Law Conference “We Robot”
Michael Froomkin, Ian Kerr, and I, along with a wonderful program committee of law scholars and roboticists, have for three years now put on a conference around…
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A Boy and His Drone
""Once a technology is adopted by the masses, it becomes much harder to regulate," Hartzog explained. As an example, he cited online tracking sof…
The New Rules of Robot/Human Society - PBS Off Book
As technology speeds forward, humans are beginning to imagine the day when robots will fill the roles promised to us in science fiction. But what should we be t…
A Legal Perspective on Three Misconceptions in Vehicle Automation
Watch the full video on YouTube. Bryant Walker Smith speaks as part of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and Toyota's "Lead…
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Some lawmakers see sci-fi future in self-driving cars
"“There’s a real tension between fostering innovation ... and on the other hand protecting public safety,” said Bryant Walker Smith, who teaches and studie…
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A Robotics Expert Discusses Love in the Digital Age
"In response to the DIY science show we posted yesterday, Ryan Calo, an Assistant Professor at the School of Law and Faculty Director of the Tech Policy La…
On The Road To The Self-Driving Car
"No more dumb cars, the Federal government decreed this week. Or at least, no mute cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it…
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Department of Transportation Unveils Crash-Prevention Technology
"Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford said with its ability to share data 10 times per second, including speed a…