Commentator
Professor, Emily Weitzenboeck, Oslo Business School, OsloMet
Leader of the assessment
Professor Margrethe Buskerud Christoffersen, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo
Supervisors
Professor Lee Bygrave, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo, and
co-supervisor Professor Jim Tørresen, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo
For outline and draft text - contact Mona Naomi Lintvedt.
Abstract
The objective of the research is to identify the privacy implications of human-robot interaction, and regulatory blind spots with regards to robotics and AI. Advanced robots that interact with humans use a variety of sensors that collect vast amounts of data, including personal data, and process these by the use of AI to adapt the ‘behaviour’ of the robot to its surroundings. In addition, robots will have a physical presence that can interfere with the personal autonomy and privacy of the users. Thus, privacy in robotics is not only about protecting individuals from harmful use of their information or intrusive personal data collection, it also concerns their physical and psychological right to privacy.
The project will be concerned with various aspects of privacy, and qustions that arise by human-robot interaction. The project is mainly approached from a European law perspective, based on the right to respect for private life as protected in the European Convention of Human Rights and the right to data protection in the EU Charter and the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The regulation of AI will also be included, in addition to investigations of other hard law and soft law intruments that may apply to robotics.
Guidelines
Guidelines for midway assessments
Contact
Advisor Mona Østvang Ådum