LAWS OF ROBOTICS

• Asimov proposed three
“Laws of
Robotics
” and
added the
“zeroth law
”
• Law 0: A robot may not injure
humanity or through inaction,
allow humanity to come to harm
• Law 1: A robot may not injure a
human being or through inaction,
allow a human being to come to
harm, unless this would violate a
higher order law
• Law 2: A robot must obey orders
given to it by human beings, except
where such orders would conflict
with a higher order law
• Law 3: A robot must protect its
own existence as long as such
protection does not conflict with a higher order law