Business Law and the Legal Environment 7th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson

Exercise 5

In the near future, we will rely increasingly on robots in daily life. Honda has predicted that by the year 2020, it will sell as many personal robots as it does cars. It is likely that these robots will be capable of many household tasks, such as folding laundry and tidying rooms. How do these automated beings fit into existing tort law? When a robot malfunctions unforeseeably and causes harm, who should be at fault?