Service robots and artificial intelligence promise to increase productivity and reduce costs,
prompting substantial growth in sales of service robots and research dedicated to …

Background This paper aims to move the debate forward regarding the potential for artificial
intelligence (AI) and autonomous robotic surgery with a particular focus on ethics, regulation …

Who, or what, is a'person'according to the law? How did this understanding of personhood
come about? In the twenty-first century, environmentalism, animal rights, artificial …

A humanoid robot named 'Sophia'has sparked controversy since it has been given
citizenship and has done media performances all over the world. The company that made …

This paper seeks to investigate the proposal to create a legal (electronic) personhood for
robots with artificial intelligence based on the European Parliament resolution with …

Social robots that can interact and communicate with people are growing in popularity for
use at home and in customer-service, education, and healthcare settings. Although growing …

The aim of this review was to examine the pros and cons of humanizing social robots
following a psychological perspective. As such, we had six goals. First, we defined what …

Why robots defy our existing moral and legal categories and how to revolutionize the way
we think about them. Robots are a curious sort of thing. On the one hand, they are …

The paper examines the open problems that experts of space law shall increasingly address
over the next few years, according to four different sets of legal issues. Such differentiation …

National security is the security and defence of a country. In the UK, national security
provides coordination on security and intelligence issues of strategic importance across a …