Robótica y responsabilidad civil: reflexiones en torno al fundamento del deber de reparar

CONTENTS

PRESENTATION

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

CONCEPT AND TYPES OF ROBOTS

I. Concept of "Robot"

II. Types of Robots

CHAPTER TWO

THE EXPERIENCE OF COMPARATIVE LAW

I. The Experience of European Community Law

A. The RoboLaw Project

1. Autonomous Vehicles

2. Robotic Surgical Systems

3. Robotic Prostheses

4. Personal Care Robots

5. General Conclusions of the RoboLaw Project

B. European Parliament Resolution P8_TA(2017)0051

II. The Experience of US Law

A. Surgical Robots: Regulation and Jurisprudence

1. Introduction: Producer Liability

2. Helen R. Payne v. ABB Flexible Automation Inc.

3. Ronald Mracek v. Bryn Mawr Hospital and Intuitive Surgical Inc.

4. Josette Taylor v. Intuitive Surgicallnc.

B. Autonomous Vehicles

III. Chapter Summary

CHAPTER THREE

ROBOTICS IN THE LIABILITY REGIMES OF COLOMBIAN LAW

1. Liability Regime for Dangerous Activities

A. The RoboLaw Suggestion

B. Liability for the Exercise of Dangerous Activities in Colombia and Robotic Devices

1. Article 2356 of the Colombian Civil Code

a. The Basis of the Regime: Between Presumptive Fault and Risk

b. Determining the "Guardian" of the Dangerous Thing or Activity

2. Application of the Regime

a. The "Risk" Category: Regarding Things and Activities

b. Industrial Robots and Teleoperated Robots

_ Their Appropriateness in the "Risk" Category

_ Civil Liability

3. Robots Equipped with Artificial Intelligence

a. Their Appropriateness in the "Risk" Category

b. Civil Liability

II. Product Liability Regime

III. A Special Case: Surgical Robots

A. RoboLaw's Suggestion

B. The Jurisprudential Course of Medical Liability in Colombia

1. In the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Justice

2. In the Jurisprudence of the Council of State

C. Why Do We Agree with RoboLaw?

D. Hospital Liability

IV. Chapter Summary

CHAPTER FOUR

A PROPOSAL FOR ROBOTS EQUIPPED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF EXTRACONTRACTUAL CIVIL LIABILITY

I. The Usefulness of a Philosophical Approach

II. The Problems of Corrective Justice

A. Ernest J. Weinrib's Relational Theory

B. Normative Blameability

C. The Bilateral Relationship

1. Hypothetical Bilateral Relationship between Victim and Producer

2. Hypothetical Bilateral Relationship between Victim and User

III. Our Proposal for Damages Caused by Robots Equipped with Artificial Intelligence

A. The Objectives

B. The Philosophical Basis

C. The Compensation Fund

IV. Chapter Summary

CONCLUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY