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9 Law Innovation & Tech. 1 (2017)

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LAW, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, 2017
VOL. 9, NO. 1, 1-44
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2017.1304921


Routiedge
Taylor &Francis Group


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Regulatory challenges of robotics: some guidelines

for   addressing legal and ethical issues

Ronald   Leenesa,   Erica Palmerinib,   Bert-Jaap  Koopsa,   Andrea   Bertolinib,
Pericle  Salvinic and  Federica   Luciverod

aTilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the
Netherlands; bInstitute of Law, Politics and Development, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa,
Italy; clstituto di Biorobotica, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; King's College London,
London, UK


ARTICLE HISTORY  Received 1 March 2017; Accepted 7 March 2017

KEYWORDS Robotics;  regulation; regulatory dilemmas; technology regulation; smart regulation;
responsible innovation; soft law



1. Introduction

Robots   are nowadays a matter of fact for professional users, as witnessed by
robots  exploring  the  surface  of Mars,  repairing  oil pipes  deep  in the ocean,
performing surgical operations in hospitals, defusing or firing bombs in the

CONTACT   Ronald Leenes e r.e.leenes@tilburguniversity.edu ( Tilburg University, TLS-TILT, P.O. Box
90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands
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