Informatics colloquium 3. 4. Liability of Autonomous Robots
Informatics colloquium 3. 4. 2018, 14:00 lecture hall D2
doc. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D., PrF MU
Abstract: In my note, I would like to discuss some legal issues related to
development and use of autonomous robots. One of obvious problems is liability.
Robots do not have legal personalities, so it is questionable who and for what
should be liable when a robot causes harm (physical or other - e.g. through
discriminatory decisions). In real life, this issue translates mostly to
compliance and modelling insurance schemes that technically define basic
parameters of respective markets. In addition, I would like to briefly discuss
legal barriers to use of different types of data for development or operations
of robots. In that regards, we need complex legal solutions (not necessarily
legislation - e.g. contractual data trusts) to overcome complicated and
differentiated legal obstacles that prevent pooling and use of data from
different jurisdictions within the EU and offshore.