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Yueh-Hsuan Weng
Conscription Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan

Title: Toward the Human-Robot Co-Existence Society: On Legislative Consortium for Social Robotics

Keywords: Human-Robot Co-Existence Society, Robot Sociability Problems, Social Robotics, Robot Law

Abstract: Emerging trends associated with Next Generation Robots point to the day when robots will enter human society in large numbers, however the co-exist scenario between human and robots is not necessarily promising.
The success of the coming Human-Robot Co-Existence Society will depend a great deal on how well robotists, manufacturers, and legislators deal with Robot Sociability Problems. The author will address these issues from a legal perspective, and argue in favor of organizing a Legislative Consortium for Social Robotics as an international interdisciplinary platform for purposes of analyzing robot sociability issues and establishing core values for domestic legislators to abide by.

E-mail:yhweng.cs94g@nctu.edu.tw

Yoji Yamada
Nagoya University, Japan

Title: Safety Guidelines and International Standards for Robots in Contact with Humans

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Abstract: Prof. Yamada was involved in drawing up the safety guidelines for next-generation robots which was driven by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan in 2007. He is currently involved in standardization of safety requirements for personal care robots. Through his carrier so far, he will introduce his work on the domestic safety guidelines as well as international safety standard, and discuss what are characteristic of and unique to personal care robots which are supposed to contact humans while presenting various services to them.

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Michel Parent
INRIA/IMARA, France

Title: Automated vehicles on the road: the necessary future or a dream?

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Abstract: Fully automated vehicles have been the subject of intensive research over the last 20 years with significant advances in the past few years. Already, some fully automated road vehicles are now in operation on a daily basis but on private roads and in very restricted environments. In order for them to operate on public streets in wider applications, a number of barriers have to be overcome. In particular, can a private automobile be allowed to operate in a fully automated manner without any supervision? Is this the future of the automobile? This paper will explore some of the issues and what are the steps taken to overcome them.

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