EU wants to give rights to robots with machines allowed to trade money

Basic labour rights could be extended to robots. The European Parliament's legal affairs committee is considering plans to declare them'electronic persons'. MEPs, led by a socialist from Luxembourg, have suggested that member states should think about a world driven by automation - one solution discussed is a guaranteed universal basic income. Basic labour rights could be extended to robots. The European Parliament's legal affairs committee is considering plans to declare them'electronic persons' Robotics is expected to produce machines that are no longer just'tools' but agents in their own right, able to teach themselves, roam around and make decisions, the committee's report states.