Do we need robot laws?

Robots are increasingly taking on human tasks. When things go wrong companies need to be held accountable

January 30, 2017

A member of staff shows ways to talk with an intelligent robot at Jinan West Railway Station in Jinan, China. Three intelligent robots offer information services to passengers in the railway station. (© Photo by Xinhua/Sipa USA)

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Aimee van Wynsberghe PhD is assistant professor of ethics and technology at the Technical University of Delft. She is co-director and President of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics. See responsiblerobotics.org.

Noel Sharkey PhD DSc FRIN FRSA FBCS CITP FIET is Emeritus Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics as well as Public Engagement at the University of Sheffield. He chairs the NGO: International Committee for Robot Arms Control and is co-director of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics at the Hague Global Institute for Justice

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