Details of the Researcher

PHOTO

Weng Yueh Hsuan
Section
Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences
Job title
Associate Professor
Degree

  • Ｐｈ．Ｄ．（北京大学）

  • Ｍ．Ｓ．（交通大学）

Research History 12

  • 2024/03 - Present
    Tohoku University　Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences　Associate Professor

  • 2023/12 - Present
    Kyushu University　Institute of Advanced Study　Associate Professor

  • 2019/05 - Present
    RIKEN　Center for Advanced Intelligence Project　Visiting Scientist

  • 2025/09 - 2025/10
    National Taiwan University　Research Center for Digital Humanities　Visiting Scholar

  • 2021/07 - 2023/11
    Tohoku University　Prominent Research Fellow

  • 2017/03 - 2023/11
    Tohoku University　Graduate School of Engineering Department of Robotics　Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • 2017/03 - 2023/11
    Tohoku University　Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences　Assistant Professor

  • 2018/09 - 2021/08
    Stanford Law School　TTLF Fellow

  • 2018/03 - 2018/03
    University of Hong Kong　Faculty of Law　Visiting Assistant Professor

  • 2015/05 - 2017/01
    Foxconn Technology Group　Executive Assistant

  • 2010/10 - 2014/06
    Peking University　School of Law　Yahoo! Research Fellow

  • 2012/10 - 2013/03
    Waseda University　Takanishi Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering　Visiting Researcher

Show all Show first 5

Committee Memberships 16

  • Taiwanese Society on Social Robots　Member

    2025/07 - Present

  • ICRES - International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards　International Scientific Committee Member

    2024/11 - Present

  • Technical Committee on Robot Ethics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society　Technical Committee on Robot Ethics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

    2023/11 - Present

  • IEEE P7017™, The IEEE Standards Association　Working Group Chair

    2022/12 - Present

  • ICAIL – International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law　Program Committee Member

    2022/11 - Present

  • JURIX – International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems　Program Committee Member

    2022/09 - Present

  • JURISIN – International Workshop on Juris-Informatics　Program Committee Member

    2017/11 - Present

  • Das Internationale Rechtsinformatik Symposion IRIS　Schwerpunkt Organisatoren

    2017/02 - Present

  • IEEE RAS Magazine Special Issue on Robot Ethics　Guest Editor

    2024/05 - 2025/09

  • Asian Law School Association Chapter on Technology and Law　Executive Member

    2023/03 - 2025/05

  • Special Interest Group on Law and Ethics of Robotics　Member

    2022/02 - 2023/11

  • The IEEE Standards Association - Study Group　Chair

    2021/08 - 2022/12

  • IJSR – International Journal of Social Robotics. Springer　Associate Editor

    2018/06 - 2020/12

  • Delphi – Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies. Lexxion　Associate Editor

    2018/01 - 2020/12

  • The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of A/IS　Committee Member

    2017/02 - 2019/03

  • CLAST　AI Law Committee Member

    2016/10 - 2018/09

Show all ︎Show first 5

Professional Memberships 4

  • Taiwanese Society on Social Robots

    2025/07 - Present

  • IEEE

    2017 - Present

  • IAAIL

    2007 - Present

  • Robotics Society of Japan

    2004 - 2014

Research Interests 11

  • Machine Ethics

  • Law, Science & Technology

  • Governance

  • Ethical Design

  • Human-Robot Interaction

  • Standardization

  • ELSI

  • AI Ethics

  • Social Robotics

  • Legal Informatics

  • AI & Law

Research Areas 2

  • Humanities & social sciences / New fields in law /

  • Informatics / Intelligent informatics /

Awards 1

  1. SI2022優秀講演者賞

    2022/12　計測自動制御学会　使用者へのアカウンダビリティを考慮した起立・歩行・着座支援ロボット

Papers 26

  1. AI-assisted Design for Better Privacy Communication in Human-Robot Co-Existence Peer-reviewed

    Hilja Autto, Helena Haapio, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Jusletter IT 4.24　383-390　2024/04

  2. 人とAI共生を考えるには「文化」が重要である

    前田春香, 翁岳暄, 佐倉統

    Kagaku　24/2　2024/02

  3. Ethical Design for Privacy-related Communication in Human-Robot Interaction Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Enrico Francesconi

    Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)　2023/08

  4. Design-Centered HRI Governance for Healthcare Robots Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Yasuhisa Hirata

    Journal of Healthcare Engineering　2022　1-8　2022/01/07

    Publisher: Hindawi Limited

    DOI： 10.1155/2022/3935316 　

    ISSN： 2040-2295

    eISSN： 2040-2309

    More details Close

    Recent developments have shown that not only are AI and robotics growing more sophisticated, but also these fields are evolving together. The applications that emerge from this trend will break current limitations and ensure that robotic decision making and functionality are more autonomous, connected, and interactive in a way which will support people in their daily lives. However, in areas such as healthcare robotics, legal and ethical concerns will arise as increasingly advanced intelligence functions are incorporated into robotic systems. Using a case study, this paper proposes a unique design-centered approach which tackles the issue of data protection and privacy risk in human-robot interaction.

  5. Coarse Ethics: How to Ethically Assess Explainable Artificial Intelligence Peer-reviewed

    Takashi Izumo, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    AI and Ethics　2021/09/12

    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

    DOI： 10.1007/s43681-021-00091-y 　

    ISSN： 2730-5953

    eISSN： 2730-5961

    More details Close

    <title>Abstract</title>The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into human society mandates that their decision-making process is explicable to users, as exemplified in Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. Such human interpretability calls for explainable AI (XAI), of which this paper cites various models. However, the transaction between computable accuracy and human interpretability can be a trade-off, requiring answers to questions about the negotiable conditions and the degrees of AI prediction accuracy that may be sacrificed to enable user-interpretability. The extant research has focussed on technical issues, but it is also desirable to apply a branch of ethics to deal with the trade-off problem. This scholarly domain is labelled <italic>coarse ethics</italic> in this study, which discusses two issues vis-à-vis AI prediction as a type of evaluation. First, which formal conditions would allow trade-offs? The study posits two minimal requisites: adequately high coverage and order-preservation. The second issue concerns conditions that could justify the trade-off between computable accuracy and human interpretability, to which the study suggests two justification methods: impracticability and adjustment of perspective from machine-computable to human-interpretable. This study contributes by connecting ethics to autonomous systems for future regulation by formally assessing the adequacy of AI rationales.

  6. Use of Human Computation for Coordinating Robotic Mobility Aids Based on User Impairments Peer-reviewed

    Saul Heikki, Yasuhisa Hirata, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Proceedings of the 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)　2021/08

  7. Editorial Introduction to Special Issue on Religion in Robotics Peer-reviewed

    Gabriele Trovato, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Antonio Sgorbissa, Rainer Wieching

    International Journal of Social Robotics　13　(4)　537-538　2021/07/02

    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

    DOI： 10.1007/s12369-021-00808-3 　

    ISSN： 1875-4791

    eISSN： 1875-4805

  8. HRI for Legal Validation: On Embodiment and Data Protection Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Svetlana Gulyaeva, Jana Winter, Andrei Slavescu, Yasuhisa Hirata

    Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)　2020/09

  9. Verbal Guidance for Sit-to-Stand Support System Peer-reviewed

    Mizuki Takeda, Yasuhisa Hirata, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Takahiro Katayama, Yasuhide Mizuta, Atsushi Koujina

    ROBOMECH Journal　7　(8)　2020/02

  10. Natural Law and its Implications for AI Governance Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Takashi Izumo

    Delphi - Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies　2　(3)　122-128　2019/12

  11. Accountable System Design Architecture for Embodied AI: A focus on Physical Human Support Robots. Peer-reviewed

    Mizuki Takeda, Yasuhisa Hirata, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Takahiro Katayama, Yasuhide Mizuta, Atsushi Koujina

    Advanced Robotics　33　(23)　1248-1263　2019

    DOI： 10.1080/01691864.2019.1689168 　

  12. The Religious Impacts of Taoism on Ethically Aligned Design in HRI. Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Yasuhisa Hirata, Osamu Sakura, Yusuke Sugahara

    International Journal of Social Robotics　11　(5)　829-839　2019

    DOI： 10.1007/s12369-019-00594-z 　

  13. Ethically Aligned Design for Assistive Robotics Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Yasuhisa Hirata

    Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Safety for Robots　2018/08

  14. Introduction to Legal Visualization Peer-reviewed

    Vytautas Cyras, Harald Hoffmann, Friedrich Lachmayer, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Jusletter IT　2.22　2018/02

  15. On Policy and Legal Impacts to the Future of Work Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Jusletter IT　2.22　2018/02

  16. Towards Integrated Governance for Intelligent Robots: A Focus on Social System Design Invited Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Jusletter IT　2.23　2017/02

  17. Rechtsvisualisierung als Vernetzung von Sprache und Bild – Anmerkungen zum Buch «Kennst du das Recht?» Peer-reviewed

    Caroline Walser Kessel, Friedrich Lachmayer, Vytautas Cyras, Peter Parycek, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Jusletter IT　2.25　2016/02

  18. Intersection of "Tokku" Special Zone, Robots, and the Law: A Case Study on Legal Impacts to Humanoid Robots Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Yusuke Sugahara, Kenji Hashimoto, Atsuo Takanishi

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS　7　(5)　841-857　2015/11

    DOI： 10.1007/s12369-015-0287-x 　

    ISSN： 1875-4791

    eISSN： 1875-4805

  19. The Safety for Human-Robot Co-Existing: New ISO 13482 Safety Standard for Service Robots Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Gurvinder Virk, Shuping Yang

    Internet Law Review　17　229-244　2015

  20. The Intelligentization of Automobiles: Smart-Cars, Robo-Cars and their Safety Governance Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Dominic Hillenbrand

    Journal of Law, Science and Technology　4　632-646　2014

  21. Contractual Issues and Service Level Agreements for Cloud Computing: From the Accountability Perspective Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Internet Law Review　15　142-150　2013

  22. Law via the Internet: Why there is no LII for China? Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Giovanni Sartor, Giuseppe Contissa, Enrico Francesconi, Ginevra Peruginelli

    Internet Law Review　15　249-257　2013

  23. The Open-Texture Risk for the Human-Robot Co-Existence Society: A Review of Ryan Calo’s OPEN ROBOTICS Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Internet Law Review　13　88-99　2011

  24. Beyond Robot Ethics: On a Legislative Consortium for Social Robotics Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Advanced Robotics　24　(13)　1919-1926　2010

    DOI： 10.1163/016918610X527220 　

    ISSN： 0169-1864

  25. Toward the Human-Robot Co-Existence Society: On Safety Intelligence for Next Generation Robots Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Chien-Hsun Chen, Chuen-Tsai Sun

    International Journal of Social Robotics　1　(4)　267-282　2009/11

    DOI： 10.1007/s12369-009-0019-1 　

    ISSN： 1875-4791

    eISSN： 1875-4805

  26. The Legal Crisis of Next Generation Robots: On Safety Intelligence Peer-reviewed

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Chien-Hsun Chen, Chuen-Tsai Sun

    Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL)　205-209　2007/06

Show all ︎Show first 5

Misc. 15

  1. Interdisciplinary Conversation on AI Law, Philosophy, and Society Invited

    Yi-Chin Tu, Yueh-Hsuan Weng(Keynote Speech

    Humanities and Social Sciences Newsletter Quarterly　20　(1)　2018/12

  2. The Future of Work: A Brief Look to Legal Impacts to Automation and Labor Force

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Proceedings of the KLRI Legal Scholars Roundtable: How Law Operates in the Wired Society　2017/09

  3. Quest for Roboethics: An interview with Prof. Rafael Capurro

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Robohub　2017/02/14

  4. Technical challenges in machine ethics

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Robohub　2017/02/08

  5. How do we regulate robo-morality?

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Robohub　2016/12/15

  6. One being for two origins: A new perspective on roboethics

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Robohub　2016/12/08

  7. When robots become art: Interview with Yi-Wei Keng

    Robohub　2016/11

  8. A European perspective on robot law: Interview with Mady Delvaux-Stehresle

    Robohub　2016/06

  9. Robots - A Historical Review

    PKU Internet Law Watch　10　(2)　74-90　2014

  10. The Robot - Technology, Ethics and Law

    PKU Internet Law Watch　10　(3)　72-79　2014

  11. Social Robots: Robot Companions for Citizens - Special Interview with Prof. Dr. Paolo Dario

    PKU Internet Law Watch　8　(5)　85-92　2012

  12. Smart Grid: A Balance between Network Economy and Information Security - Special Interview with Dr. Xian He

    PKU Internet Law Watch　8　(5)　80-84　2012

  13. Intelligent Transportation: Addressing the Liability Impact of Automated Systems - Special Interview with Prof. Dr. Giovanni Sartor and Dr. Giuseppe Contissa

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    PKU Internet Law Watch　8　(5)　72-79　2012

  14. The Internet of Things and Automation: Overlapping the Real and Virtual Worlds

    PKU Internet Law Watch　8　(5)　70-71　2012

  15. Cloud Regulation: Toward a Legal Framework from Social System Design Perspective

    PKU Internet Law Watch　6　(5)　64-72　2010

Show all ︎Show first 5

Books and Other Publications 14

  1. Research Handbook on the Law of Artificial Intelligence: Current and Future Directions - 2nd Edition

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, David Torabi

    Edward Elgar Publishing　2025/06

    ISBN: 9781035316489

  2. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction

    Woodrow Barfield, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Ugo Pagallo

    Cambridge University Press　2024/11

    ISBN: 9781009386708

  3. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Cambridge University Press　2024/11

    ISBN: 9781009386708

  4. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction

    Gabriele Trovato, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Cambridge University Press　2024/11

    ISBN: 9781009386708

  5. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction

    Woodrow, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Ugo Pagallo

    Cambridge University Press　2024/11

    ISBN: 9781009386708

  6. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction

    Woodrow, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Ugo Pagallo

    Cambridge University Press　2024/11

    ISBN: 9781009386708

  7. Social Robots in Social Institutions

    Gabriele Trovato, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    IOS Press　2023/01

    ISBN: 9781643683744

  8. Social Robots in Social Institutions

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    IOS Press　2023/01

    ISBN: 9781643683744

  9. Frontiere digitali del diritto

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Takashi Izumo

    Giappichelli　2022/01

    ISBN: 9788892142640

  10. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Chih-hsing Ho

    Cambridge University Press　2020/11

    ISBN: 9781108680844

  11. Formalising Jurisprudence. Festschrift for Hajime Yoshino

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Chien-Hsun Chen, Cheun-Tsai Sun

    Weblaw　2019/02

    ISBN: 9783964437259

    More details Close

    The aim of this chapter is to offer a fundamental framework for a legal system focused on safety issues involving New Generation Robots (NGRs). This framework is offered in response to the lack of clarity regarding robot safety guidelines despite the impending development and release of tens of thousands of robots into workplaces and homes around the world. The authors propose a Safety Intelligence (SI) concept for NGRs that addresses issues tied to open texture risk for robots that will have a relatively high level of autonomy in interactions with humans. We express doubt that Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics model will be a suitable foundation for creating an artificial moral agency for ensuring robot safety. Instead, we will offer an alternative Legal Machine Language (LML) model that utilizes non-verbal information from robot sensors and actuators to protect both humans and robots. To implement an LML model, robotists must design a biomorphic nerve reflex system, and legal scholars must define safety content for robots having a certain degree of “self-awareness

  12. Research Handbook on the Law of Artificial Intelligence

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Edward Elgar Publishing　2018/12

    ISBN: 9781786439048

    More details Close

    The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has made tremendous advances in the last two decades, but as smart as AI is now, it is getting smarter and becoming more autonomous. This raises a host of challenges to current legal doctrine, including whether AI/algorithms should count as ‘speech’, whether AI should be regulated under antitrust and criminal law statutes, and whether AI should be considered as an agent under agency law or be held responsible for injuries under tort law. This book contains chapters from US and international law scholars on the role of law in an age of increasingly smart AI, addressing these and other issues that are critical to the evolution of the field.

  13. Technology, Humans, and Society 3

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NCTU Press　2018/01

    ISBN: 9789869477260

  14. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems. Models and Ethical Challenges for Legal Systems, Legal Language and Legal Ontologies, Argumentation and Software Agents

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Sophie T.H. Zhao

    Springer　2012/08

    ISBN: 9783642357305

    More details Close

    One of the reasons that future robots will enhance their intelligence and actions in an unstructured environment is because of their “networked” feature. Current robot designs have difficulty in understanding unstructured environments due to the inherent diversity and unpredictability of phenomena in the real world. However, new developments such as ubiquitous computing, cloud computing, the Internet of things and next-generation internet technologies will make it easier for networked robots to obtain structured information about their physical environment. The formation of cloud-enabled robotics by advanced technology will be tightly integrated into the virtual and real world, and this will strengthen the impact of cyberspace to the real world. Although these developments may help reduce Open-Texture Risk from the networked robots, risk will be transferred from the physical world into the virtual world. In this paper, we will try to address some of the resulting legal implications. This paper is divided into four parts, the first part defines the meaning of cloud-enabled robotics; the second part analyzes how the Collective Dynamics derived from virtual and real world with autonomous behaviors by intelligent robots affect Open-Texture Risk to expand a Larger Range and bring a Deeper Impact; the third part explains the dispute of legal issues in future technology of cloud-enabled robotics; the final part analyzes the Safety Intelligence of cloud-enabled robotics in a long-term perspective, and the theoretical control framework that we propose in solving Open-Texture Risk.

Show all Show first 5

Presentations 90

  1. Bridging Ethics and Reality: Integrating Thought Experiments and Empirical Insights in Robot Ethics Invited

    IAS-FRIS Symposium on Social Robots and Ethical Design　2025/11/07

  2. Ethical Design and HRI Invited

    NTU-UT Symposium on HRI Research for Elderly Wellbeing　2025/09/22

  3. On the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human-Robot Interaction International-presentation Invited

    Training Course Cybersecurity and Data Governance　2025/09/11

  4. Future Robotics Research in Light of Lessons from the VIROS Project International-presentation Invited

    Jim Tørressen, UiO) (chair, Adriana Tapus, ENSTA Paris, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Kyushu University, Vera Lúcia Raposo, ova

    Vulnerability in the Robot Society Final Conference　2025/06/04

  5. Comments on Robots in Healthcare Settings: Empirical & Design Perspectives Invited

    Vulnerability in the Robot Society Final Conference　2025/06/03

  6. An Empirical Introduction to Robot Ethics Invited

    NTU Course: Persuasive Social Robot Design Seminar　2025/05/15

  7. Ethical Design for a Human-Robot Coexistence Society Invited

    Brown Bag Seminar No.184　2025/04/23

  8. Interdisciplinary Research on AI and Law Invited

    The 2nd IAS Forum　2025/01/09

  9. Regulating Social Robots: Legal and Ethical Perspectives Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Auxane Boch, Chih-Hsing Ho, Josh Gellers, Ruth Lewis

    Symposium to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the International Program in Law　2024/11/15

  10. Ethical Design and Standardization for Robot Governance Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    IAS-FRIS Symposium on Social Robots and Ethical Design　2024/11/14

  11. Regulatory Sandbox and Legal Challenges for Social Robots Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Workshop on Robot Ethics (WELUPARS)　2024/10/15

  12. ELSI Empirical Research and Standardization in Social Robots Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    ISEE FD　2024/07/18

  13. Ethical Design and Standardization for Robot Governance Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 2nd Workshop on NeuroDesign in Human-Robot Interaction　2024/05/17

  14. Legal Perspectives – Regulatory Challenges Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Workshop on Robot Ethics (WOROBET)　2024/05/13

  15. Introduction to AI Ethics Standardization Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    2024/04/17

  16. AI-Assisted design for better privacy communication in human-robot co-existence

    Hilja Autto, Helena Haapio, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 27th International Legal Informatics Symposium (IRIS)　2024/02/15

  17. Unveiling the Ethical Dimensions of AI Research: Exploring the Intricate Relationship between AI and Human Behaviour Invited

    Yonah Welker, Ida Skubis, Tom Lindemann, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    TUM IEAI Event: Speaker Series Panel　2024/02/14

  18. Ethical Design and Standardization for Robot Governance Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    2023 Asian Law Schools Association (ALSA) Conference　2023/12/02

  19. ELSI and AI Robots Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    ANU Course: Artificial Intelligence, Law & Society (LAWS8405)　2023/10/19

  20. ELSI Research for Intelligent Robots: On the IEEE P7017™ Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Yokohama ELSI Seminar　2023/09/05

  21. A Basic Introduction to Robot Ethics Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NTU Course: AI and Psychology　2023/04/25

  22. Regulatory Challenges of Social Robots: From the Aspect of Ethical Design Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    5. PRAEVENIRE DIGITAL HEALTH SYMPOSION　2023/04/20

  23. Lessons from the Organizational Complexity of ROBOLAW.ASIA International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The AGIDE Workshop on Cultural Dimensions of Digital Ethics　2023/04/18

  24. Panel discussion Invited

    Shoko Suzuki, Soraj Hongladarom, Yi Zeng, Yueh Hsuan Weng

    The AGIDE Workshop on Cultural Dimensions of Digital Ethics　2023/04/18

  25. On AI Technology Governance from the View of IEEE International Standardization Activities Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Chi-Hsiung Chen, Feng-Chi Chen, Bo-An Chen

    NYCU Technology Law Forum　2023/03/03

  26. Ethical Design and the Governance for Social Robots International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 26th International Legal Informatics Symposium (IRIS)　2023/02/23

  27. Using Legal Ontology for Robot Ethical Design International-presentation Invited

    Enrico Francesconi, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 1st Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Governance for Social Robots　2022/12/14

  28. Workshop Introduction International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Anne Cheung, Diana Saplacan, Stefano Pietropaoli

    The 1st Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Governance for Social Robots　2022/12/14

  29. Data Governance for Social Robots Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    HKU LawTech Talk　2022/11/11

  30. Proposals for Regulating Robots and AI: Soft Laws and HRI Governance International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Tutorial on Ethical, Legal and User Perspectives on Robots and Systems　2022/10/23

  31. Interdisciplinary Approaches on Ethics and Design for HRI Governance International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 2nd Workshop on Design-Centered HRI and Governance　2022/09/03

  32. Workshop Introduction International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Woodrow Barfield, Ugo Pagallo, Osamu Sakura, Yasuhisa Hirata, Luke Chuang

    The 2nd Workshop on Design-Centered HRI and Governance　2022/09/03

  33. A Legal and Technical Perspective on Informed Consent – Learning from Japan International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Interdisciplinary Tutorial on Robots and Society (RO-SO)　2022/08/29

  34. A Basic Introduction to Robot Ethics Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NTU Course: AI and Psychology　2022/05/17

  35. An Interdisciplinary Introduction on Ethics and Design for Social Robots Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NTU Course: Social Robotics　2021/12/20

  36. Ethical and Legal Analysis of Intelligent Care Robots: A Perspective from the JST Moonshot R&D Program Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 25th Taiwan National Technology Law Conference　2021/12/02

  37. Moonshot's Vision for Adaptable AI Robots International-presentation International-coauthorship Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NYCU-Tohoku AI and Robot Law Virtual Workshop　2021/11/23

  38. Panel 2: Roundtable on Human-Centered AI Interaction Invited

    Su-Ling Yeh, Yvonne Rogers, Marijia Salvkovik, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    IRCAI-NTU Roundtable on Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence　2021/10/26

  39. AI Governance in Japan Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Interdisciplinary Tutorial on Robots and Society (RO-SO)　2021/08/12

  40. Introductions and Announcements International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, EunJeong Cheon, Phoebe Li, Osamu Sakura

    The 1st Workshop on Design-Centered HRI and Governance　2021/08/08

  41. On Designed-Centered AI Governance Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NYCU Course: Artificial Intelligence and Law　2021/05/20

  42. When ELSI meets Design: On Design-centered AI Governance Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Tohoku-NTU Symposium on AI and Human Studies　2021/03/13

  43. Design-centered AI Governance Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    RIEC Symposium on Brain Functions and Brain Computer　2020/12/05

  44. How to Realize AI Transparency for Embodied Intelligent Systems?

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 23rd International Legal Informatics Symposium (IRIS)　2020/02/27

  45. Panel Discussion: AI and Well-being, Invited

    RIEC Symposium on Brain Functions and Brain Computer　2020/02/14

  46. AI Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Approach Invited

    RIEC Symposium on Brain Functions and Brain Computer　2020/02/14

  47. Designing the Transparency for Embodied AI

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    4th FRIS Young Researchers Workshop for Interdisciplinary Sciences　2019/11/28

  48. AI Transparency for Embodied Systems: A Case Study on Healthcare Robots International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Mizuki Takeda, Yasuhisa Hirata

    Conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Algorithms　2019/11/21

  49. Towards AI Governance for Embodied Intelligent Systems International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NTU-Tohoku Symposium on AI and Human Studies　2019/11/16

  50. Embodiment and Algorithms for Human-Robot Interaction Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NII Seminar　2019/09/17

  51. Rethinking AI Governance from HRI Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Tohoku FRIS Hub Meeting　2019/07/25

  52. Rethinking AI Governance from HRI Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    RIKEN AI and Culture Seminar　2019/07/19

  53. The Natural Law of Robotics: Rethinking Artificial Intelligence Governance from HRI International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The Inaugural HKU Technology Law Symposium　2019/07/15

  54. IEEE’s Ethically Aligned Design and Healthcare Robots International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Symposium on Euro-American Approach to AI: Developments and Challenges　2019/05/09

  55. Data Protection in Human-Robot Interaction: A Focus on Healthcare Robots International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 22nd International Legal Informatics Symposium (IRIS)　2019/02/21

  56. Introduction to AI Ethics Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Waseda Course: Artificial Intelligence [INFI201L]　2019/01/08

  57. Ethically Aligned Design for Artificial Intlligence International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NTU Psychology Seminar　2018/11/30

  58. Care Robots and Ethics International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    PKU-Berggruen AI Salon　2018/11/22

  59. Robot Law 1.0: On Social System Design for Artificial Intelligence International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    SNU AI and Posthuman Conference　2018/11/16

  60. Artificial Intelligence Law in East Asia: Opportunities and Challenges International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    MOST Interdisciplinary Conference on AI Law, Philosophy, and Society　2018/09/28

  61. On AI Governance for Assistive Robots

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    3rd FRIS Young Researchers Workshop for Interdisciplinary Sciences　2018/09/03

  62. Towards Ethical Governance for Assistive Robots International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    KIAS International Conference on AI, Ethics, and Governance　2018/08/24

  63. Legal Automation in E-Commerce International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    ZJU Forum on Cross-Border E-Commerce and Dispute Resolution, Zhejiang University　2018/07/20

  64. Accountability and Transparency in Embodied AI: A Focus on Sociable Robots International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    ICON-S Conference 2018　2018/06/26

  65. Robot Law 1.0: On Social System Design for Artificial Intelligence Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    JST RISTEX Seminar　2018/06/02

  66. The Ideal and the Reality of Human-Robot Co-Existence International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NCCU COMM Seminar　2018/05/02

  67. Intelligent Robots and Social System Design International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NTU GARC Seminar, National Taiwan University　2018/03/22

  68. Intelligent Robots and Social System Design Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NCTU ECE Seminar　2018/03/21

  69. Towards Beneficial AI: A Review of “Ethically Aligned Design (EAD) ver. 2” International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NTU-Tohoku Symposium on AI and Human Studies　2017/12/23

  70. When Robots Meet Eastern Religions: An Example of Taoism International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)　2017/11/22

  71. Risk Control and Responsibility Distribution of AI Applications International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    STLI Forum – Prospects for the Applications of AI　2017/09/27

  72. On Crossfield Study in Artificial Intelligence & Law Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    G-Safety Seminar　2017/09/08

  73. Global Trends on ELSI of AI

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    The 2nd FRIS Retreat　2017/08/31

  74. Ethics and Safety for Autonomous Systems Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    AIST Seminar　2017/07/13

  75. Panel Discussion: Future is Now: how Artificial Intelligence bring us forward International-presentation Invited

    Cathy Yeh (Microsoft), Roger Hsu (IBM), Yueh-Hsuan Weng (Tohoku)

    UBS Taiwan Conference　2017/06/22

  76. Ethics in China, South Korea, and Japan International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    IEEE Symposium on Ethics of Autonomous Systems (SEAS)　2017/06/05

  77. Case Study: Bad Actors and Service Robots International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    FHI-CESR-CFI Workshop on Bad Actors and AI　2017/02/19

  78. Robot Law 1.0: On Social System Design for Artificial Intelligence International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    HKU LawTech Talk　2017/01/16

  79. Regulation of Unknown: A Lesson from Japan’s Public Law and Policy for Next-Generation Robots International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Annual Conference of the Center for Law and Internet (CLI)　2016/11/17

  80. Robot Law 1.0: On Social System Design for Artificial Intelligence International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    World Robot Conference (WRC)　2016/10/21

  81. Regulation of Unknown: A Lesson from Japan’s Public Law and Policy for Next-Generation Robots International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    HKU LawTech Talk　2016/01/28

  82. O Direito para Robôs: A Regulação do Direito Robótico no Direito Público do Japão International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    UFPR Seminar　2015/11/20

  83. Public Policy for Robots and Regulation: An Example of Tokku Special Zone International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    EUI Seminar　2015/04/28

  84. Robots and Society: On the Intersection of Special Zone, Robots, and the Law International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    CNR Seminar　2015/03/26

  85. Law & Networked Robotics: Some legal Issues on the Internet of Things International-presentation Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    SSSA Seminar　2012/06/06

  86. The Legal Challenges of Networked Robotics: From the Safety Intelligence Perspective International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Sophie T.H. Zhao

    XXV. IVR World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy　2011/08/15

  87. Networked Robots: A Brief Look at Its Possible Legal Implications International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Workshop on Roboethics　2011/05/09

  88. Technology Review: On Cloud Computing and Virtualization Invited

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    PKU-Yahoo! Seminar on Internet and Society　2010/10/28

  89. Toward The Human-Robot Co-Existence Society: On Legislative Consortium for Social Robotics International-presentation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Workshop on Legal and Safety Issues Related to Autonomous Networked Robots Operating in Urban Environments　2009/05/12

  90. Internet Ethics and Law

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    NCA Information Security Education　2008/08/15

Show all Show first 5

Research Projects 12

  1. Design-Centered Governance for Human-Robot Co-Existence: From the Ethical Design Perspective

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Offer Organization: JST

    System: FOREST

    2023/04 - 2030/03

  2. IEEE P7017™ Recommended Practice for Design-Centered Human-Robot Interaction and Governance

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Trent Leopold, Ruth Lewis, Christy Bahn, Joshua Gellers, Zhenyu Liao, Dayuan Chen, Amelia Han, Mizuki Takeda, Hilja Autto, Ricardo Abuchaim, Gabriele Trovato, Phoebe Li, Diana Saplacan, Takashi Izumo, Boyoung Kim, Sumiko Shimo, Shripriya Maheshwari, Momoka Matsuse, Ai Yoshimura, David Torabi, Philipp Kuehn

    Offer Organization: IEEE Standards Association

    System: AI Ethics Standardization Projects

    2022/12 - 2026/12

  3. HRI and Future Law: Applying Value Sensitive Design into Data Governance

    Yueh-Hsuan eng

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2022/07 - 2025/03

  4. A Study of the Harmony and Coexistence of Human Society and Digital Technologies Based on Anthropomorphized Supernatural Beings

    Offer Organization: Tohoku University

    System: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up on Creating a Sustainable Society, Tohoku University

    2021/04 - 2024/03

  5. Global Legal Studies in AI & Robotics: A Focus on Emerging “Robot Law”

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Offer Organization: FRIS, Tohoku University

    System: President's Special Budgets

    2017/03 - 2023/11

  6. Using Legal Ontology for Robot Ethical Design

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Enrico Francesconi

    Offer Organization: Tohoku University

    System: Researcher, Young Leaders Overseas Program

    2022/04 - 2023/03

  7. Adaptable AI-enabled Robots to Create a Vibrant Society

    Toshio Fukuda, Yasuhisa Hirata, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Offer Organization: JST Moonshot R&D Program

    System: Goal 3 – Coevolution of AI and Robots

    2020/12 - 2021/12

  8. Healthcare Robots: A Comparative EU-US Data Protection Analysis

    Offer Organization: Stanford Law School

    System: Transatlantic Technology Law Forum

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2018/09 - 2021/08

  9. Data Protection in Human-Robot Interaction: A Focus on Healthcare Robots

    Weng Yueh-Hsuan

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2019/04 - 2021/03

    More details Close

    The objective of this project is to understand how intelligent robots’ characteristics of “embodiment” influence current data-driven privacy regulations. It includes two main parts as theoretical review, and HRI experiments. Research outputs have been published at the Cambridge Handbook, IEEE Conference Paper and Stanford Working Paper.

  10. Regulating Emerging Robotic Technologies in Europe: Robotics facing Law and Ethics

    Erica Palmerini, Pericle Salvini, Andrea.Bertolini, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Offer Organization: EU

    System: FP7 Project: ROBOLAW

    2012/04 - 2014/06

  11. Internet of Things and Automation

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Offer Organization: Peking University

    System: Yahoo! Grant for Internet & Society

    2012/10 - 2013/09

  12. Cloud Computing and the Network Society

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

    Offer Organization: Peking University

    System: Yahoo! Grant for Internet & Society

    2010/10 - 2011/09

Show all Show first 5

Teaching Experience 5

  1. Regulating Robotics: Legal and Ethical Perspectives　Kyushu University

  2. Interdisciplinary Sciences　Tohoku University

  3. Introduction to Law and Robotics　Tohoku University

  4. ELSI in AI and Robotics　東北大学

  5. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Law　香港大学

Works 4

  1. ROBOLAW.ASIA | Kyushu Initiative for Ethical Design and HRI (Ver.3.0)

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

  2. ROBOLAW.ASIA | Tohoku Initiative for Artificial Intelligence & Law (Ver.2.0)

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

  3. ROBOLAW.ASIA | YSAiL Initiative for Robotics, Law & Policy (Ver.1.0)

    Yueh-Hsuan Weng

  4. COLCHINC – COLORIZE CHINESE CHARACTERS

    Friedrich Lachmayer, Yueh-Hsuan Weng

Social Activities 3

  1. Ethically Aligned Design (EAD 1e) The First Edition

    2018 - 2019

  2. Ethically Aligned Design (EAD v2) Version 2

    2017 - 2018

  3. EU FP7 Project: ROBOLAW

    2012 - 2014

Media Coverage 34

  1. SSIT Standards Committee Column: Q&A with Dr. Yueh-Hsuan Weng Myself

    IEEE SSIT 2025 Newsletters（アメリカ）

    2025/02/28

    Type: Promotional material

  2. New book by academic experts questions whether humans are ready for the ethical challenges of AI and robots

    Robotics and Automation News

    2025/01/09

    Type: Internet

  3. AI規制と倫理的ロボットデザイン～技術開発スピードと、AI対応技術の規制に対する立法措置の遅さとのミスマッチ解決を目指して～

    Kyushu University

    2025/01/09

    Type: Promotional material

  4. Intelligenza artificiale e robot: nuove sfide etiche per la società moderna

    HDblog

    2025/01/05

    Type: Internet

  5. AIとロボットは社会に新たな倫理的課題をもたらす

    Nipponese

    2024/12/30

    Type: Internet

  6. El Auge de los Robots: ¿Estamos Listos para Nuestros Nuevos Socios?

    Reporteros del Sur

    2024/12/29

    Type: Internet

  7. Human-robot interaction: Are we prepared for the ethical challenges?

    Earth.com

    2024/12/28

    Type: Internet

  8. ИСКУССТВЕННЫЙ ИНТЕЛЛЕКТ И РОБОТЫ: ЭТИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ Информация взята с портала

    Научная Россия

    2024/12/28

    Type: Internet

  9. Are we ready for the ethical challenges of AI and robots

    EurekAlert

    2024/12/27

    Type: Internet

  10. AI and robots pose new ethical challenges for society

    TechXplore

    2024/12/27

    Type: Internet

  11. The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction

    Fifteen Eighty Four

    2024/11/27

    Type: Promotional material

  12. 九州⼤学、若⼿研究者に年俸1000万円超 研究⼒向上狙う

    2024/01/11

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  13. 人間とロボットの共存する未来に向けて国際AI倫理標準規格IEEE P7017™ワーキンググループが発足

    Tohoku University

    2023/04/10

    Type: Promotional material

  14. 打造機器人城市的夢想，在本世紀能夠實現嗎？

    Business Next

    2019/07/09

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  15. 机器人成中国工业革命切入点 外媒：中国或有望领先世界

    参考消息

    2018/09/26

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  16. China’s robot revolution, at your service

    The Straits Times

    2018/09/25

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  17. 對機器人施暴，被處以刑法傷害罪？

    Business Next

    2018/04/12

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  18. 為強人工智慧鋪路 風險調控學問大

    工商時報

    2017/10/11

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  19. Robot rights: at what point should an intelligent machine be considered a ‘person’?

    The Conversation

    2017/02/07

    Type: Internet

  20. 无人驾驶入法前尚需过四关 或出现事故责任分配新体系

    Sina.com

    2016/03/16

    Type: Internet

  21. Save the Ugly Robots!

    SLATE

    2016/01/19

    Type: Internet

  22. Robots must learn to say 'no' for your own safety

    Business Insider

    2015/12/04

    Type: Internet

  23. This researcher has an interesting theory for why robots need legal rights

    Business Insider

    2015/11/11

    Type: Internet

  24. Bêbado chuta robô e julgamento pode definir nosso futuro ao lado de máquinas inteligentes

    GALILEU

    2015/10/06

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  25. Researcher Says Robots Need to be Protected By The Law

    GEARFUSE

    2015/10/05

    Type: Internet

  26. Incident of drunk man kicking humanoid robot raises legal questions

    TechXplore

    2015/10/02

    Type: Internet

  27. La rete per il libero accesso al diritto

    Almanacco della Scienza

    2015/01/28

    Type: Promotional material

  28. Robots in China: The Bot Connection

    CKGSB Knowledge

    2014/11/11

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  29. 自動運転車は故意に人をはねることが許されるか？ 「ロボットと法」の議論を急げ

    Diamond Weekly

    2014/06/14

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  30. Foreign firms tighten their grip on Chinese robotics

    China Economic Review

    2014/01/16

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  31. Ni homme ni machine

    Philosophie

    2012/09/12

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  32. ¿SON SEGUROS LOS ROBOTS?

    QUO

    2010/06/16

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  33. Robo-Ethicists Want to Revamp Asimov's 3 Laws

    WIRED Magazine

    2009/07/22

    Type: Newspaper, magazine

  34. Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws

    Phys.Org

    2009/06/22

    Type: Internet

Show all Show first 5