• DocumentCode
    1190724
  • Title

    Ethical robots in warfare

  • Author

    Arkin, Ronald C.

  • Author_Institution
    Mobile Robot Lab., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    30
  • Lastpage
    33
  • Abstract
    It is a thesis of my ongoing research for the U.S. Army that robots not only can be better than soldiers in conducting warfare in certain circumstances, but they also can be more humane in the battlefield than humans. It is my contention that robots can be built that do not exhibit fear, anger, frustration, or revenge, and that ultimately (and the key word here is ultimately) behave in a more humane manner than even human beings in these harsh circumstances and severe duress. People have not evolved to function in these conditions, but robots can be engineered to function well in them.
  • Keywords
    artificial intelligence; ethical aspects; military systems; robots; US Army; artificial intelligent system; ethical robot; warfare; Books; Costs; Humans; Intelligent robots; Intelligent systems; Machine intelligence; Mars; Springs; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTS.2009.931858
  • Filename
    4799405