Robots and the law

This story first aired in March, 2016.

Ryan Calo is an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington and a co-director of the Tech Policy Lab. In his newpaper,Robots in American Law, Ryanargues that the law needs to keep up with developments in the robotics field because of theunique legal challenges they pose.

In the episode, Ryan mentions a cornerstone case in robotics law that involves aSamsungadwith arobot that looks an awful lot like Wheel of Fortune's VannaWhite:

Find out more about thecurious precedents in present-daylaw around robots in Ryan's article, What the past of robotics law says about its future.