Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Surrey School of Law, has proposed that AI and robots need to be treated as individuals with inventorship, especially as it relates to liability.
Deployed on 12th February at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Henan, the new security robot is assisting passengers passing through.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has released a report called Ethically Aligned Design, written with the purpose of advancing the discussion of how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems (AI/AS) can be aligned to moral values and ethical considerations that prioritise human wellbeing.
As testing of autonomous vehicles progresses, increasing the level of autonomy has raised its own unique problem: human safety engineers are falling asleep at the wheel.
The head of Dubai’s Roads and Transportation Agency has announced that a drone capable of carrying people will begin regular operations from July.
“Watson OnStar Go will allow for Voice Payments in the vehicle with Exxon Mobile and other partners.” – Mary Barra CEO General Motors.
Uber has suspended its testing of self-driving cars in San Francisco after being instructed by the DMV that they required a permit, like the other 20 companies testing their technology in the area.
Lawbot is a chatbot which can help with determining whether users have been a victim of crime. It is an online tool which covers 26 different criminal offences and takes users through a series of questions designed to help them with the next steps to take whether that is consulting a solicitor or contacting the police.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has developed a ground-breaking new “artificial intelligence”-based translation tool for patent documents, handing innovators around the world the highest-quality service yet available for accessing information on new technologies.
Eurosport, the European sports broadcaster, is in talks with potential partners to broadcast drone racing, making it the latest network looking to televise the growing sport in which contestants try to navigate small, remote-controlled aircraft at high speeds through aerial obstacle courses.
In partnership with startup nuTonomy, Boston becomes the latest city to join the trend of testing the new technology of autonomous vehicles, as integration with human drivers and roads is sought.
Vinay Kumar Singh, an IP Attorney based in India, looks at some of the issues in the legislative framework surrounding design protection.
Similar to Robot Wars which relaunched in the UK this year, a new event has come to China’s silicon valley. In Shenzhen Bay Sports Arena, two teams of robots are pitted against each other, cheered on by a thousands strong crowd, an annual event called RoboMasters.
Surprising trends behind the IP of autonomous robot technology.
Clearpath Robotics has secured a large amount of funding to continue its development of self-driving vehicles, which are destined for the factory floor, not the highway.
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM have announced plans to collaborate with a new AI-related partnership.
A nationwide set of guidelines to make the introduction of driverless cars in the US a safe one.
The future of drone racing events is here.
AI startups are increasing in number, up by 6.7 % in 2013 compared with 2012, and they face new and unique challenges. Maurits Westerik, of Bird & Bird from the Netherlands, discusses highlights some of these issues faced by startups in the EU.
Uber and Volvo are breaking ground by creating a new system of self-driving taxis available for users. The first signs of commercialised autonomous cars are here.