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Published 18:41 12 Jan 2017 GMT
Even Dr Who could be powerless to help if the robots turned on us (Photo by Frank Barratt/Getty Images)[/caption]
The report mentions the fact that artificial intelligence could easily outstrip the capabilities of human inventors, and that this could "pose a challenge to humanity's capacity to control its own creation and, consequently, perhaps also to its capacity to be in charge of its own destiny and to ensure the survival of the species".
The writers turned to science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's famous 'three laws', which they say should form the basis of how robots operate.
The rules - which were used in the I, Robot film - are:
Lorna Brazell, a partner at law firm Osborne Clarke, was not convinced by the suggestion that they should be given legal status.
"Blue whales and gorillas don't have personhood but I would suggest that they have as many aspects of humanity as robots, so I don't see why we should jump into giving robots this status," she told the BBC.
MEPs are set to vote on the legislation, which if passed, will then be referred to member states' governments before EU law is changed.
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