(science fiction, robotics) One of the Three Laws of Robotics, requiring a robot to obey humans, unless it would conflict with the First Law of Robotics (which forbids a robot to harm a human).

(science fiction, robotics) One of the Three Laws of Robotics, requiring a robot to protect its own existence, as long as this does not conflict with the First Law (which forbids a robot to harm a human) or the Second Law (which requires robots to obey humans).

plural of kidnapped robot problem

The situation where an autonomous robot is carried somewhere and as a result has trouble in determining its own location.

The situation in which an automated system, typically a driverless car, experiences something that it has not been programmed to expect, and either does nothing or just stops.