Robots in School: Disability and the Promise (or Specter?) of Radical Educational Equality Aaron Jay Saiger A recent New York Times story: A nine-year-old South Carolinian named Lexie Kinder, suffering from an immune disorder, is tutored for years at home to avoid infection. Then she is taught to control a VGo, a “camera-and-Internet-enabled robot that swivels […]
Robots as Labor Creating Devices: Robotic Technologies and the Expansion of the Second ShiftAnn Bartow Automation often incompletely replaces human employees in service related positions, and the leftover tasks become the responsibility of the consumer, who is forced into performing ever increasing amounts of self service. For example, ATMs and online banking programs require account holders […]
Considerations of a Legal Framework for the Safe and Resilient Operation of Autonomous Aerial RobotsCameron R. Cloar and Donna A. Dulo Autonomous aerial robots, also known as drones, will be a major segment of the National Airspace System in the near future. The extent of innovation of aerial robotic systems is seemingly limitless. Yet, within […]
Self-Defense Against RobotsA. Michael Froomkin and Zak Colangelo Deployment of robots in the air, the home, the office, and the street inevitably means their interactions with both property and living things will become more common and more complex. This paper examines when, under U.S. law, humans may use force against robots to protect themselves, their property, […]
Robotics and the New CyberlawRyan Calo The ascendance of the Internet wrought great changes to society and launched a movement among legal academics known as cyberlaw. The themes of this movement reflect the essential qualities of the Internet—connectivity, community, and control. Even as the law adapts, technology has not stood still. The same government and […]
Chief Justice John Roberts is a RobotIan Kerr and Carissima Mathen The title of this article is not pejorative. It is suggestive. It asks readers to imagine the following counterfactual. Around the globe, people awaken to some very strange news. In different languages, the same headline thunders: “Chief Justice John Roberts is a Robot.” Badly […]
Consumer Cloud Robotics and the Fair Information Practice Principles: The Policy Risks and Opportunities Ahead Kris Hauser, Andrew A. Proia, Drew T. Simshaw Rapid technological innovation has made commercially accessible consumer robotics a reality. At the same time, individuals and organizations are turning to “the cloud” for more convenient and cost effective data storage and […]
Proxy Prudence – Rethinking Models of Responsibility for Semi-autonomous RobotsJason Millar As robots become more autonomous—capable of acting in complex ways, independent of direct human interaction—their actions will challenge traditional notions of responsibility. How, for example, do we sort out responsibility when a self-driving car swerves this way or that in a situation where all […]
This is the first in a series of posts we will be running about the upcoming presentations at We Robot 2014. Registration is still open. Subscribe to our RSS feed or follow on us on Twitter for more updates. Regulating the Loop: Ironies of Automation Law Meg Leta Ambrose Rapid developments in sensors, computing, and […]
Registration is now open for We Robot 2014. We have a terrific program planned: Friday, April 4th 8:00 am Check-in and Breakfast 8:30 am Introductions Welcome and Introduction of Sponsors A Few Words from Our Sponsors Introductory Remarks: A. Michael Froomkin, Program Chair 8:45 am Regulating The Loop Meg Leta Ambrose, Communication, Culture, and Technology, […]