military robots

Over 1,000 robots in use by US law enforcement, based on public data

Download (PDF, 599KB) Background Robots are an increasingly common sight in U.S. police departments. These unmanned ground vehicles are used for roles that are deemed too hazardous for law enforce...

12 July 2016, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Let’s all stop them, shall we?

Killer robots. Looking at the two words together is enough to conjure up images of chaos and destruction. They're an image far too familiar in science fiction settings such as Isaac Asimov or Ar...

27 April 2013, by AJung Moon

How will robots shape the future of warfare?

Updated March 17, 2013 | This month we've asked our experts to weigh in on the future of robotics in warfare, and the broadness of this topic has prompted some of our panelists to push back and reques...

15 March 2013, by RBI Editors

The inevitable conflict?

Study the past if you would define the future. - Confucius War will always have a human element. Robots will be tools in future conflicts, just as they (and other technologies) have been in the past...

14 March 2013, by Chris Mailey

Mark Tilden on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”

Robot machines have been shaping the future of war since the first siege engines appeared in ancient times (I like to think the Trojan Horse was motorized). Now with technology significantly exten...

13 March 2013, by Mark Tilden

Raffaello D’Andrea on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”

How will robots shape the future of war? I don’t know. I think that the more important question, however, is: what role should robots have in warfare? In my answer I have tried (as much as is h...

13 March 2013, by Raffaello D'Andrea