Hearing on Rise of the Drones: Unmanned Systems and the Future of War

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also known to us as UAVs, have already been in the centre of roboethics discussion for many years. But now, the discussion has expanded from voices of the academia and the public …

‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ Covers Robot Revolution

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (broadcasted by TVO) covered a special issue filmed at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario - I can’t believe they filmed it so close to where I did my undergrad (University of …

History of Darpa, ‘The Department of Mad Scientists’ by Michael Belfiore, and Roboethics

The following suggested reading was passed on to me by a good friend of mine, Francisco Grajales (@Ciscogiii).
This New York Time book review summarizes some interesting content from Michael Belfiore’s book ‘The Department of Mad Scientists’.
The following …

Massive Drone Attack in Pakistan, and Hacking of Drones by Iraq – Are we too comfortable with the use of drones?

NBC Coverage on Largest Drone Attack

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Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones – Wall Street Journal

On December 17th (Tuesday last week), our sister blog Moral Machines (a …

Dialoguing with the US Military on the Ethics of Battlebots

I’ve been posting more military roboethics entries than any other topics. The tag cloud at the bottom of the side bar definitely reflects it. It might be to your surprise to know that this was …

YouTube Video: Future Weapons AH 6X Little Bird UAV

Future Weapons from the Discovery channel did an intro on Little Bird UAV, built by Boeing.
To suite the target audience the coverage is filled with masculinity. There’s no mention of ethical concerns, and shows the advantages …

Autonomous Military Robotics: Risk, Ethics, and Design

Autonomous Military Robotics: Risk, Ethics, and Design
Access: PDF
Prepared on: December 2008
Authors: Patrick Lin, Ph.D., George Bekey, Ph.D., Keith Abney, M.A. (Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Comments: A 112 page document on military robotics. …

Guilty Robots – The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas – Magazine – NYTimes.com

The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas – Magazine – NYTimes.com
One of the ideas introduced in The 9th Annual Year in Ideas by the The Times Magazine is military roboethics.
Titled “Guilty Robots”, the magazine mentions Ronald …

C.I.A. to Expand Use of Drones in Pakistan – NYTimes.com

The use of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) in war has been one of the most controversial topics in the field of Roboethics. While the talk of sex robot still remains futuristic, military robotics is definitely …

Wired For War

Title: Wired For War
Author: Peter Warren Singer
Subject: Robotics
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published Date: January 27 2009
Link: Wired For War: Amazon.com.
Below Content is from the author’s website (Wired for War)
The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
What …