1. For some information about prototypes of autonomous cars see, e.g.: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?_r=1; http://jalopnik.com/5828101/this-is-googles-first-self+driving-car-crash.
2. H.Y. Liu, Categorization and Legality of Autonomous and Remote Weapons Systems. International Review of the Red Cross 94: 630-634; US Department of Defense, 2007. Unmanned Systems Roadmap 2007-2032. Washington: District of Columbia, 2012. Available at: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA475002.
3. R. Arkin, Governing Lethal Behavior: Embedding Ethics in a Hybrid Deliberative /Reactive Robot Architecture, GIT-GVU-07-11, 2008, p.2, https://smartech.gatech.edu/jspui/bitstream/1853/22715/1/formalizationv35.pdf.
4. “Autonomous” is used in a broad sense here, meaning a certain space for decision-making for the machine. For a project working on different understandings of autonomy see http://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/isi-de/v/projekte/WAK-MTI.php.
5. Toward the human robot co-existence society: On safety intelligence for next generation robots;Weng;Int. J. Soc. Robots,2009