NSF/DHS Workshop: Policy for Autonomy

在机器人系统中，控制和独立决策过程之间的平衡并没有很好地定义，在许多情况下也很难理解。从法律的责任到个人利益与社会利益，即使技术迅速发展，监管的作用仍然不清楚。 本次研讨会将有助于描述、构建和阐明与自主相关的政策问题，并探索机器人法律和政策的最佳法律的基础设施，认识到政策和技术挑战之间的基本相互依赖关系，包括在自主领域。该研讨会将涉及四个目标：加强对与自主系统相关的最新技术和市场趋势的理解，包括机器人技术;确定国家一级自主系统战略投资的机会和未来研究方向;确定和讨论自主系统的潜在政策影响;并为自主系统的政策框架的制定做出贡献。自动驾驶汽车、无人机、个人和服务机器人这三大应用领域，未来发展将受益于更清晰的政策视角。研讨会将汇集来自学术界、工业界和政府的这一不同主题领域的相关专家，重点关注自治系统政策框架的阐述，同时确定未来的研究和合作领域。 研讨会的报告，与自治框架的政策草案的定义，确定在这样一个框架内的应用领域的影响，并概述了未来的研究问题，将提供一个基础的工作，在自治系统的政策前进。

The balance between control and independent decision processes in robotic systems is not well defined and in many cases is poorly understood. From legal liability to individual versus social benefits, the role of regulation remains unclear even as the technology rapidly advances. This workshop will help characterize, frame, and articulate the policy issues related to autonomy and to explore the best legal infrastructure for law and policy on robotics, recognizing a fundamental interdependence between policy and technology challenges, including in the area of autonomy. The Workshop will address four goals: Enhance the understanding of state-of-the-art technology and market trends related to autonomous systems, including robotics technology; Identify opportunities and future research directions for strategic investments in autonomous systems at the national level; Identify and discuss potential policy implications of autonomous systems; and Contribute to the development of a policy framework for autonomous systems. The three application areas of self-driving cars, unmanned aerial vehicles, personal and service robots, future development will benefit from a clearer policy perspective. The workshop will bring together relevant experts in this diverse topic area from academia, industry and government to focus attention articulation of a policy framework for autonomous systems while also identifying future areas for research and collaboration. The workshop report, with a definition of a draft policy for autonomy framework, identification of the implications for the application areas within such a framework, and an outline of future research questions will provide a foundation for work in autonomous systems policy going forward.