Dr NATALIE LEESAKUL Natalie.Leesakul@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Not the Law's First Rodeo: Towards regulating trustworthy collaborative industrial embodied autonomous systems
Leesakul, Natalie; Clos, Jeremie; Hyde, Richard
Authors
Mr Jeremie Clos JEREMIE.CLOS@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Professor RICHARD HYDE RICHARD.HYDE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF LAW, REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE
Abstract
Does the law stifle technology adoption? At the surface, it may appear to be that there is a regulatory gap and, therefore, such uncertainty can hinder the development and deployment of collaborative industrial embodied autonomous systems (Cobots). Cobots are a class of robots which, unlike other forms of industrial robots, have seemingly introduced new legal challenges due to the direct human-robot collaboration factor. In this paper, to shed light on the above, we investigate the gap in the applicability of the current legal frameworks to this technology from the UK and EU regulatory approaches. We argue that the current law is applicable in regulating this technology given the state of the art. We discuss implications for the regulation to enhance trust and responsible future adoption of Cobots.
Citation
Leesakul, N., Clos, J., & Hyde, R. (2024, September). Not the Law's First Rodeo: Towards regulating trustworthy collaborative industrial embodied autonomous systems. Presented at TAS '24: Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Austin, Texas, USA
| Presentation Conference Type | Edited Proceedings |
|---|---|
| Conference Name | TAS '24: Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems |
| Start Date | Sep 15, 2024 |
| End Date | Sep 18, 2024 |
| Acceptance Date | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Online Publication Date | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Publication Date | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Deposit Date | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Publicly Available Date | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Book Title | TAS '24: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems |
| ISBN | 9798400709890 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/3686038.3686047 |
| Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/39730000 |
| Publisher URL | https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3686038.3686047 |
| Additional Information | Article No.: 15, Pages 1 - 10 |
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