Peter Asaro, PhD, has been appointed Visiting Fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy. Asaro is currently on sabbatical from his faculty position in the School of Media Studies at The New School in New York City. He was also an Affiliate Scholar at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society.
Asaro is Co-Founder and Vice Chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, and spokesperson for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, an international coalition of NGOs. His research focuses on the ethical, legal and policy implications of robotic systems. He is currently working on a book that examines agency and autonomy, liability and punishment, and privacy and surveillance as it applies to the design and use of consumer robots, industrial automation, smart buildings, autonomous vehicles, UAV drones, and military robots.