Panel Discussion: Regulation and Ethics of Robotics and Autonomous Systems

This chapter summarises a panel discussion on the topics of Regulation and Ethics in Software Engineering for Robotics at RoboSoft, chaired by Jon Timmis (University of Sunderland). The panel members were Ron Bell (Engineering Safety Consultants), Mark Lawford (McMaster University), Ibrahim Habli (University of York), and Pippa Moore (Civil Aviation Authority), whose views are summarised below. The chapter also integrates the issues raised in a talk on “Extending automotive certification processes to handle autonomous vehicles” by Zeyn Saigol (Connected Places Catapult), which provides a case study for the issues being discussed.