Publications

Selected Publications

Essays, concept papers, and protocol-oriented writing.

This page provides a unified entry point to writing across the Institute’s research programs. Full articles are published on their respective project sites.

Recent writing

Featured publications

Publications are organized by program, but together they contribute to the broader field of human–robot relations.

Robot Rights

Why Robot Rights?

A concise explanation of why symbolic and conceptual frameworks may matter before formal legal recognition becomes possible.

Robot Rights

What Are Robot Rights?

An overview of the ethical and conceptual discussion around the possible status of autonomous artificial systems.

Robot Governance

What Is Robot Governance?

An introductory essay on governance, institutions, accountability, and public coordination in the age of intelligent systems.

Robot Labor

What Is Robot Labor?

An introductory essay on automation, labor transformation, machine work, and human-robot cooperation.

Publication model

Central index for program writing

This page lists selected work and links to the original project sites, keeping the Institute site concise while preserving each program’s own editorial identity.

Research

Explore the programs behind the writing

Publications emerge from the institute’s three core research areas and their connected project sites.

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