They recommend a "functional perspective" that concentrates on the practical use of robotics when drawing up any robot-specific laws.
An approach to broad, over-arching robot legislation such as Asimov's "three laws of robotics"—is likely to fail, says Andrea Bertolini, of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, in Pisa, Italy, which led the consortium.
Influenced by research done at MIT on how children learn, Lego launched Mindstorms, a robotics kit that allows people to design their own robots and other devices.
In this case, a biologist, robotics engineer and analog-chip designer collaborated on a walking robot that used the principle of a "central pattern generator" (CPG a kind of flexible pacemaker that humans and other animals use for locomotion.
Several past governments have created such zones, with some success; the robotics industry, for instance, benefited from being able to test new robots in special areas.
His company's most serious commitment to robotics to date its acquisition in early 2012 of Kiva, a company whose robots move shelves around in warehouses got far less attention.
"Our passion for personal robotics led us to believe that there is a better way to capture and share the world around us," explained chief executive Antoine Balaresque on Medium.
Lart boards have Strong-ARM processors and run Linux, just like MIThril's wearable, and can also be used for robotics and embedded applications.
They are: big data; synthetic biology; regenerative medicine; agri-science; energy; advanced materials; robotics and autonomous systems; and space.
Eleven-year-old Cale Urmacher, a fourth-generation 4-H member, gave a robotics demonstration.
TerraMax, a robotics kit made by Oshkosh Defense, based in Wisconsin, turns military lorries or armoured vehicles into remotely controlled or autonomous machines.
