Publisher's Synopsis
This anthology contains contributions by scholars from the fields of philosophy, engineering and law. It is being published to mark the ten year anniversary of the founding of the Robotics Law Research Centre at the University of Wurzburg, which now has a proven track record of research and policy proposals in response to challenges posed by advances in the field of autonomous systems and digitization. This work includes interdisciplinary reflections on major technological developments of our time. It also focuses on the social and ethical foundations of the right to access technological innovation and civil, criminal and procedural law issu-es raised by recent progress in this fast-paced area.