Agricultural robotics is profoundly shaped by existing regulation, in particular relating to product safety certification, civil liability, and data access and usage. The chapter provides an overview of said topics, taking into account existing proposal for future regulation, namely the so-called AI Act, and the proposal for a regulation of civil liability for AI-based applications.

Andrea Bertolini and Rocco Limongelli, Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna - Istituto Dirpolis, Italy

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Product safety regulation and standardization
• 3 The European Union directive on liability fordefective products
• 4 Data privacy and data ownership
• 5 The European Unions Artificial Intelligence Act
• 6 Conclusion
• 7 References