We Robot 2014 presentations feature Discussants and Moderators who are in integral part of the conference. Discussants are the lead speakers in their session and are responsible for presenting the main themes of the paper and offering their views. Moderators are the ringmasters of their panels. Jack M. Balkin will be the Discussant for Ian […]
When Robot Eyes Are Watching You: The Law & Policy of Automated Communications Surveillance Kevin Bankston and Amie Stepanovich Robots are reading your email, right now. Whether it’s the NSA scanning for suspicious keywords, Google trying to divine your interests so that it can serve better ads, or your ISP scanning for viruses and spam, […]
We Robot 2014 presentations feature Discussants and Moderators who are in integral part of the conference. Discussants are the lead speakers in their session and are responsible for presenting the main themes of the paper and offering their views. Moderators are the ringmasters of their panels. Elizabeth Grossman is the We Robot 2014 Discussant for […]
Robots, Micro-Airspaces, and the Future of “Public Space”Peter Asaro In United States v. Causby, the Supreme Court conceptualized airspace as a “public highway.” In the same decision, the Court recognized that landowners must be able to “exercise exclusive control of the immediate reaches of the enveloping atmosphere” in order to exercise full enjoyment of their property. […]
Executive Vice President and Provost of the University of Miami Thomas J. LeBlanc will deliver the We Robot 2014 Welcome Remarks on Friday, April 4th at 8:30 AM at the University of Miami Newman Alumni Center. In addition to his duties as Executive Vice President and Provost, LeBlanc is also a professor in the Departments […]
Telerobotics Demonstration with Howard Jay Chizeck In this demonstration, some recent advances in telerobots for manipulation will be demonstrated. A telerobot is a robot operated by a human operator, most often from a remote location, through a two way communication link. Robot surgery devices are telerobots (although the surgeon is nearby). Telerobots can be useful […]
A Code of Ethics for the Human-Robot Interaction Profession Laurel D. Riek and Don Howard As robots transition into human social environments, a new range of technical, ethical, and legal challenges are arising. This paper discusses the unique ethical challenges facing HRI practitioners designing robots for these spaces, and proposes a code of ethics for the profession. […]
Risk, Product Liability Trends, Triggers, and Insurance in Commercial Aerial Robots David K. Breyer, Donna A. Dulo, Gale A. Townsley, and Stephen S. Wu The commercialization of autonomous aerial robots, “drones” will become pervasive and ubiquitous across the national airspace over the coming years resulting in an increasing risk potential for drone operators and manufacturers. […]
A Conservation Theory of Governance for Automated Law Enforcement Gregory Conti, Woodrow Hartzog, John C. Nelson, and Lisa A. Shay Enforcement of the law has thus far largely been a manual process, one moderated by the discretion of human judgement and finite human resources, which were focused on priority offenses. Increasingly, however, the portions of, […]
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 […]