22.06.2016 - 03:46 [ Reuters ]

Europe‘s robots to become ‚electronic persons‘ under draft plan

Europe‘s growing army of robot workers could be classed as „electronic persons“ and their owners liable to paying social security for them if the European Union adopts a draft plan to address the realities of a new industrial revolution.(…)
Patrick Schwarzkopf, managing director of the VDMA‘s robotic and automation department, said: „That we would create a legal framework with electronic persons – that‘s something that could happen in 50 years but not in 10 years.“