This is an interesting article, but it doesn't actually prove its thesis. The idea that robots are unregulated is untrue. In many industries, they're already

This is an interesting article, but it doesn't actually prove its thesis. The idea that robots are unregulated is untrue. In many industries, they're already regulated. I think it boils down to a great quote from one of the guys at 3DR (paraphrased): "It's a robot until it works perfectly every time, and then it's a tractor or a washing machine or an oven." All of these things are regulated. General purpose robotics is as far away as general purpose AI; these have more in common and share a regulatory regime (which is to say, none at all).