Lethal military robots are currently deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ground-based robots like QinetiQ's MAARS robot (shown here), are armed with weapons to shoot insurgents, appendages to disarm bombs, and surveillance equipment to search buildings. A Georgia Tech computer science professor is developing a package of software and hardware that tells robots when and what to fire. QinetiQ
Defense One: The Pentagon is Nervous about Russian and Chinese Killer Robots
The Pentagon is rushing to keep up with Russian and Chinese efforts to develop highly autonomous robots — in Russia’s case, ones capable of independently carrying out military operations, deputy defense secretary Robert Work told a Center for New American Security national security forum today.
Work quoted the Defense Science Board’s summer study on autonomy and AI, which said that the human race stands at “an inflection point” in the development of artificial intelligence. Different nations, he noted, are reacting in very different ways.
More News On The U.S., Russia, And China Developing "Killer Robots"
US Rushing to Keep Up With Russian, Chinese Killer Robots -- Sputnik
China And Russia Developing Killer Robots, Pentagon Grows Anxious -- Daily Caller
Russia and China are building highly autonomous killer robots -- Tech Insider
These Are the Decisions the Pentagon Wants to Leave to Robots -- Defense One
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