Stanford CIS

Robotics

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Whose Fault Is a Driverless-Car Crash?

"“We don’t yet know how judges and juries will react,” says Bryant Walker Smith of Stanford Law School." * Date Published:03/14/2013 * Original Pub…

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Regulate the Robots

But not every kind of robotmaker should be responsible for its creations. Ryan Calo of University of Washington Law School argues that to foster start-up-style…

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Bad laws would hurt good drones

"What are drones but flying smartphones, one app away from indispensable? We could see drones accompanying early morning joggers, taking sport, wildlife, a…

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Drone Near JFK Airport?

CIS Affiliate Scholar Peter Asaro discusses the drone spotted near JFK airport in Brooklyn. * Date Published:03/05/2013 * Original Publication:Huffington Pos…

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Should we put robots on trial?

"The question is, said Ryan Calo, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and an organizer of an upcoming conference on robot law…

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The Backlash Against Drones

"As it stands, “there’s really not a lot in American privacy law that’s going to be much of a barrier to using drones,” University of Washington law profes…