Michael Froomkin writes, "We Robot, now heading into its 8th year, is lots of fun — and it's also the leading North American conference on robotics law and policy. The 2019 edition will be held at the University of Miami on April 12-13, 2019, preceded by a day of special workshops on April 11. We just today opened the submissions portal for paper and demo proposals. Full details are in the Call for Papers.
Papers sought for We Robot: Miami's eighth annual conference on robots and the law
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