Robot Regulation

This module explores robot regulation, focusing on the legal and ethical frameworks governing the development, deployment, and operation of robotic systems. It covers safety standards, liability issues, privacy concerns, and the societal impact of robots in various industries and public spaces.

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Ryan Calo. “Artificial Intelligence Policy: A Primer and Roadmap.” University of Bologna Law Review 3, no. 2 (2018): 180–218, available at SSRN, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3015350

Ronald E. Leenes et al. “Regulatory challenges of robotics: Some guidelines for addressing legal and ethical issues”, Law, Innovation and Technology, (2017) 9(1), 1 (44 pages)

Independent High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence Set up by the European Commission, “Ethics Guidelines For Trustworthy AI”, 8 April 2019.

Guadamuz, Andres. “Do androids dream of electric copyright? Comparative analysis of originality in artificial intelligence generated works,” Intellectual Property Quarterly 2017 s. 169-186.

Meg Leta Jones and Jason Millar, “Hacking Metaphors in the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technology: The Case of Regulating Robots”, in Roger Brownsword, Eloise Scotford, and Karen Yeung, the Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation and Technology, Oxford University Press, 2017, 596-619

European Commission for the Efficiency Of Justice (CEPEJ), “European Ethical Charter on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Systems and their environment,” Adopted at the 31st plenary meeting of the CEPEJ (Strasbourg, 3-4 December 2018).

Bostrom, Nick “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies,” Oxford University Press, 2016.

Wachter, Sandra, Mittelstadt, Brent, and Luciano Floridi, “Why a right to explanation of automated decision-making does not exist in the general data protection regulation” International Data Privacy Law, 2017, 7(2), 76-99.