Expert Considerations for the Regulation of Assistive Robotics. A European Robotics Forum Echo

  1. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga 1
  2. María Amparo Grau Ruiz 2
  1. 1 eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University, Netherlands
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Journal:
Dilemata

ISSN: 1989-7022

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: Ética, robótica y tecnologías asistenciales

Issue: 30

Pages: 149-169

Type: Article

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Abstract

Robots and AI technologies are increasingly deployed in con- texts ranging from factories, hospitals or personal homes. These tech- nological developments may raise different types of issues, varying from the invasion of privacy, to autonomy suppression or human-human inter - action decrease. Engagement with these issues is crucial to adequately guide the design of these robots with incentives and regulation. Two European projects - the Inclusive Robotics for a Better Society (INBOTS) project (G.A. No. 780073) through its WP2 on ELSE aspects, and the COST Action 16116 (CA16116) on Wearable Robots for Augmentation, Assistance or Substitution of Human Motor Functions, which has a ded- icated working group (WG) on ELS issues - joined forces and organized two workshops in the INBOTS Conference 2019 during the European Ro- botics Forum 2019, where they gathered different experts in the field of human-robot interaction to discuss these topics. This article summarizes the main findings of such international effort, including the call for a Eu - ropean regulation to improve legal certainty and steer the development of assistive robots in the appropriate direction.

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