If you missed WeRobot 2014 or want to enjoy it again, videos of all the speaker sessions are now available for viewing online. We’ve also included links to all the papers below. See the full program for complete lists of authors.
April 4th
Morning
Welcome Remarks with Thomas J. LeBlanc and A. Michael Froomkin
Regulating the Loop: Ironies of Automation Law with Meg Leta Ambrose and Elizabeth Grossman (Read the paper)
Proxy Prudence – Rethinking Models of Responsibility for Semi-autonomous Robots with Jason Millar and Peter Asaro (Read the paper)
Robots as Labor Creating Devices: Robotic Technologies and the Expansion of the Second Shift with Ann Bartow and Jodi Forlizzi (Read the paper)
Afternoon
Panel on Robots and Social Justice, moderated by Kate Darling
- Kenneth Anderson, The Commercial Diffusion Of Friendly Robots Into Society: Out Of The Uncanny Valley
- Andrew A. Proia and Drew T. Simshaw, Consumer Cloud Robotics and the Fair Information Practice Principles
- Laurel D. Riek and Don Howard, A Code of Ethics for the Human-Robot Interaction Profession
- Aaron Jay Saiger Robots in School: Disability and the Promise (or Specter?) of Radical Educational Equality
April 5th
Morning
Chief Justice John Roberts is a Robot with Ian Kerr, Carissima Mathen and Jack Balkin (Read the paper)
When Robot Eyes Are Watching You: The Law & Policy of Automated Communications Surveillance with Kevin Bankston, Amie Stepanovich and Neil Richards (Read the paper)
Robotics and the New Cyberlaw with Ryan Calo and David G. Post (Read the paper)
Afternoon
A Conservation Theory of Governance for Automated Law Enforcement with Woodrow Hartzog, Lisa A. Shay, and Mary Anne Franks (Read the paper)
Panel on Domestic Drones moderated by Dan Siciliano
- Peter Asaro, Robots, Micro-Airspaces, and the Future of “Public Space”
- Donna A. Dulo, Gale A. Townsley, Risk, Product Liability Trends, Triggers, and Insurance in Commercial Aerial Robots
- Donna A. Dulo, Stephen S. Wu, Considerations of a Legal Framework for the Safe and Resilient Operation of Autonomous Aerial Robots
- A. Michael Froomkin, Zak Colangelo, Self-Defense Against Robots
