Term
Legitimacy
The reason a governance body, process, or rule should be recognised as authoritative.
Resources
Terms, links, and orientation
Key concepts and related sites for following the governance dimension of increasingly autonomous robotic systems.
Term
Accountability
The structured allocation of answerability when a robotic system acts, errs, or causes downstream effects.
Term
Oversight
The review, audit, challenge, and intervention functions surrounding the deployment of robotic systems.
Term
Liability
The legal and institutional allocation of responsibility when robotic systems cause harm, loss, or downstream effects.
Term
Deployment
The conditions under which robotic systems are introduced into workplaces, homes, infrastructure, or shared public spaces.
Related sites
This site belongs to a wider field-building effort around human-machine relations, rights, labour, and institutions.
Related programs
Adjacent lines of inquiry
Robot Governance focuses on institutions, standards, and accountability. Closely related programs include Robot Rights and Robot Labor.
Program matrix
- Robot Rights — recognition and status
- Robot Governance — institutions and accountability
- Robot Labor — work and coordination