Regulatory Framework for a Cloud-based Architecture ...

Joint International Doctoral (Ph.D) degree in Law, Science and Technology

Regulatory Framework for a Cloud-based Architecture that Supports a LEGO® Play-based Robot-mediated Therapy for Children with ASD INTRODUCTION

AIM OF THE RESEARCH

Robots have various applications in society and a regulatory framework needs to be defined. Here we focus on robots as social mediators for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)

This research aims at providing regulatory guidelines for a future framework for roboticmediated therapies

PROBLEM STATEMENT

RESEARCH METHODS

Appropriate and specific binding legal regulations are missing and several issues need to be carefully considered such as privacy or cognitive HRI.

CONTEXT

TREATMENT

MONITORING

ROBOT

CONSULTATION

RISKS

ANALYSIS

Impact Assessment Methodology already used for privacy matters (forthcoming Art. 33 EU GDPR). The risk-based approach gives precision to legal issues to not remain abstract.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS !  Confusion among new emerging ISO/IEC robot categories (between machinery, toy robot and medical device): the case of PARO or ROMIBO. !  HRI at the phsyical but also at the cognitive level !  Shift from interaction to relationship !  Dependency of the therapy (addiction/bond) !  Deception: robot-alive motion / WoZ control !  Liability: general, prospective, butterfly effect.

!  Data Protection: consent, purpose, data portability, privacy by design, cloud robotics. !  Big Data: diagnosis autism, post-monitoring !  Autonomy: from the robot (agenthood, liability) and from the user (independence/exclusion). !  Ethical aspects of Companionship: HRI, humanhuman interaction, human touch, robotic empathy and personality

Tentative Guidelines Dependency Deception HRI Exclusion

OUTCOME

Robot Categories Liability Before harm Liability After harm

AUTHORS

Time limit of the therapy Maximize the benefit of the therapy while minimizing the effects of deception Involve parents, tutors Promote human-human interaction (robot as a social mediator) Supervision of the parents, therapists Correct definitions of robot capabilities and compliance accordingly Special attention to Medical Device Regulations Living lab for regulatory purposes (e.g. Tokku Special Zone) Embedding by-Desing principles Compliance with ISO/IEC certifications Development risk defence: Art. 7.e of Directive 85/374/EC

EDUARD FOSCH VILLARONGA

Doctoral candidate of Joint International Doctorate in Law, Science and Technology, University of Bologna (Italy); Institute of Law and Technology (Barcelona, Spain) www.last-jd.eu @ [email protected] @ [email protected]

Tracking system (Black boxes) Avoidance post-monitoring or surveillance

Privacy

Protection against meddling in children's affairs Preventing from collecting data that it is not "personal" Limiting sensor fusion

Consumer robotics Consumer protection decisions (unfair and deceptive robots) Data Protection …

New EU rights: Data portability and Right to be forgotten Special safeguards in cloud robotics and big data analysis …

JORDI ALBO-CANALS Prof. Dr. La Salle – Ramon Llull University (Spain); Visiting Prof. Tufts University (US) @ [email protected] @ [email protected]