ABSTRACT
A roboticist building a robot that interacts with humans may be clueless about what regulations he or she needs to follow, whether the robot behaviour needs to be regulated by design or after, or whether he or she is in charge of it. In this section, I introduce the methodology Robot Impact Assessment (ROBIA) to help robot engineers in the process of identifying the legal aspects associated with their technology. A ROBIA involves setting the context, describing the robot, identifying the relevant framework, identifying the risks, and mitigating them. Following ROBIA, robot engineers may identify relevant safeguards to make robots safe in every respect. In the Annex, I provide roboticists with a ROBIA model.
