ABSTRACT
This book is one of the first attempts to combine the traditional top-down legal approach (applying existing norms and rules to robots) and the bottom-up, risk-based approach that is typical from the engineering side to create a unique hybrid model that feeds engineers and legal scholars with the same knowledge. This knowledge may result in future policies governing the use and development of robots, including personal care robots. In conclusion, I compile several takeaways and offer different reflections concerning what is in our power and what it is not when it comes to the use and development of robot technology; whether robots may cause the problem they claim to solve; and whether we should worry about the long-term consequences of robot technology.
