RoboLaw governs laws concerning robots

If a surgical robot kills a patient or a self-driving car causes an accident, who takes the brunt for the accident? These are some of the issues that the European Union are trying to find solutions for.

The three laws of robotics, as stated by popular science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, says that a robot may not injure a person, that it must obey commands given by a human and that it must protect its own existence so long as the first two laws are not conflicted.

On the same grounds, the recently published RoboLaw rules are set to put in place basic principles for controlling a robot’s actions in real life. The rules also check whether the existing laws are fitting to regulate new robotic technologies like driverless cars and robot caretakers.