Paper: Toward the Human-Robot Co-Existence Society: On Safety Intelligence for Next Generation Robots

Unlike heavily regulated industrial robots that toil in isolated settings, Next Generation Robots will have relative autonomy, which raises a number of safety issues that are the focus of this article. Our purpose is to describe a framework for a legal system focused on Next Generation Robots safety issues, including a Safety Intelligence concept that addresses robot Open-Texture Risk. We express doubt that a model based on Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics can ever be a suitable foundation for creating an articial moral agency ensuring robot safety. Finally, we make predictions about the most signicant Next Generation Robots safety issues that will arise as the human-robot co-existence society emerges.

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