In response to a potential threat from drones, this year's European football championships, held in France, have had anti-drone technology deployed as part of its security measures.
Law firms are starting to look closer at the organisation and editing of data in their search for more efficient ways of providing legal services
The FAA has carved out a useful exemption from drone regulation using the hobbyist definition.
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is a very fast growing part of the technology sector. To get an idea of the processes involved in helping these types of start-ups to grow, Robotics Law Journal talked to Alessandro Maiano, the Managing Partner of Wilbe, a London based advisory and investment firm for founders of early-stage innovative ventures.
Robotics Law Journal interviews Marc Beltran an aerospace engineer who works for CATUAV a drone manufacturer based outside Barcelona.
Ireland is another country which is responding to an increase in the use of civilian drones and introducing new regulations to govern that use. Robotics Law Journal asked the Irish Aviation Authority to provide details of their current position.
The flipside of the rapidly increasing Drone market is another market devoted to thwarting them.
A new report highlights legal compliance and ethical and political implications as a barrier to drone market growth.
With China now focusing on its robotics and automation industry, Germany is suffering from slower sales.
The White House is taking part in a US roadshow to consider law and governance issues around AI.
Commercial drone operators in the US are not yet feeling the heat from the FAA over illegal flying.
The Aviation Rulemaking Committee has delivered a report on the regulation of Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems, marking possible future changes in regulations.
One of the key discussions of WeRobot 2016 asks whether the First Amendment in the US could or should protect AI speech and even if a human participant is still a necessary component of free speech.
Will #BlackLivesMatter to RoboCop?
Some different options for the governance of robotics are discussed in the WeRobot 2016 Conference.
Driverless cars inherently lack predictability to those who will be using the same physical space - other human drivers and pedestrians. Human drivers demonstrate predictable movements due to a wide range of social cues that is not yet wired in to fully or semi-autonomous vehicles.
The 2016 WeRobot Conference, hosted by the University of Miami School of Law in early April, raised some important questions. The conference was a great success, striking up a dialogue about the important issues in the world of robotics – from the status of Robots in US law to the unpredictability of driverless cars and whether robots should be allowed free speech.
We’ll have to face this question: Do we let go of people whose jobs are lost and let them go to the wall or do we provide some sort of welfare for them that could be tied into a retraining programme?
Nicole Livesey and Stephan Appt, partners in international law firm Pinsent Masons' Automotive team, explore the legal challenges.
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