Regulating robotics : A challenge for Europe

Abstract

Upon request by the JURI Committee, this paper aims at offering an analysis of the interplay between regulation and robotics in the European context. Since robotics represents a technological innovation, which will profoundly modify the societal structure, and a strategic market sector, the need for a legal appraisal and intervention emerge. The European Union is called to design a transparent and carefully tailored regulatory environment so as to influence the development of robotic applications in accordance with its core democratic values.