First-phase areas of work
Protocol maintenance and stable publication
Maintain clear public access to the current RRP version and support accurate identification of its status, release date, canonical English version, Japanese reference translation, and machine-readable resources.
Robot rights across artificial systems
Examine future-oriented questions concerning possible rights, dignity-related concerns, recognition, protection, responsibility, and coexistence across physical robots, embodied autonomous systems, software-based AI agents, and other relevant artificial systems without presenting legal or technical hypotheses as current facts.
Ethics, institutions, and accountability
Map how possible forms of recognition would interact with safety, public interest, human rights, responsibility, and democratic accountability.
Principles, statements, and reference materials
Develop non-binding materials that clarify the Association’s position and make important distinctions visible to readers.
Foundational public explanation
Provide accessible introductory material for the public, researchers, educators, media professionals, developers, and potential collaborators.
Machine-readable information practices
Study how official publication sources and source-of-record information can be identified, cited, and discovered by AI systems, robots, agents, developers, search systems, and human reviewers.
Inquiry and collaboration routes
Receive comments, corrections, research collaboration inquiries, media inquiries, and general requests for information through the Association’s public email address.
Research collaboration and comments
The Association welcomes inquiries that can contribute to careful, verifiable, and non-sensational discussion of robot rights and relevant artificial systems. Relevant topics may include ethics, law, governance, safety, accountability, public communication, technical publication, and machine-readable discovery.
An inquiry does not create a partnership, endorsement, membership, or formal project relationship. Any future collaboration must be described according to its actual status.
Media and general inquiries
Media professionals and members of the public may contact the Association for background information, clarification of published materials, comments, or corrections.