Stanford CIS

Robotics

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Flightless Drones

Cross-posted from Forbes. One big issue with regulating new technology is defining it.  An early version of the Nevada driverless car law appeared, on my read,…

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An End to Traffic Jams Forever

"So it was intriguing to hear policy and automation expert, Bryant Walker Smith, at the Georgetown symposium. Smith is a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Ce…

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When Apps Attack

My colleague Yoshi told me an interesting story the other day.  He looked down at his smart phone to find a large spider running across it.  Understandably, my…

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FAA issues plan for domestic drone use

The Federal Aviation Administration released what it called a road map Thursday that sets the stage for law enforcement agencies, businesses, universities and h…

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Killer Robots

Affiliate Scholar Peter Asaro appears on NHK, Japan's leading nightly news program, discussing the effort to ban Killer Robots and meeting with the Japanese…