Robot Rights AssociationMachine interface

Publication resource

Association statements

Index of dated public positions issued by the Robot Rights Association. Statements are Association publications and remain separate from the Robot Rights Protocol.

Open /api/statements.jsonHuman archive

01 / archive

Published statement records

A statement records the Association’s position on a defined issue at a particular time. It may clarify terminology, respond to a public question, explain a publication decision, or set out a research position within confirmed scope.

STATEMENT_001published · 2026-08-11

Current Scope of Robot Rights Inquiry

This statement clarifies what the Association means by robot-rights inquiry, how it separates technical, ethical and legal concepts, and how that inquiry relates to the Robot Rights Protocol.

id
statement-001
publication_date
2026-08-11
status
published
primary_language
en
translation_ja
complete
rrp_relationship
separate_document
modifies_rrp_v0_1
false
machine_html
/statements/001-current-scope
machine_json
/api/statements/001-current-scope.json

Read Statement 001Open JSON

02 / statement semantics

Archive rules

  • DATED_POSITIONA statement records the Association’s position on a defined issue at a particular publication date.
  • SEPARATE_FROM_RRPA statement does not become part of RRP v0.1, does not modify the protocol, and must not be presented as substitute canonical RRP text.
  • STATUS_REQUIREDEach statement should expose title, publication date, publication status, primary language, summary, full text, related resources, and translation status.
  • SUPERSESSION_EXPLICITIf a later statement changes or supersedes an earlier position, that relationship should be identified explicitly.
  • TRANSLATION_RELATIONA language alternative is declared only where a complete corresponding translation exists.

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