Autonomous Robots and Warfare; Nonlethal weapons and Proportionality March 16th, 2008 10:26 pm Future autonomous robotic killers are in the works, as outlined by Robert Arkin in Governing Lethal Behavior: Embedding Ethics in a Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Robot Architecture The South Korean robot platform mentioned above is intended to be able to detect and identify targets in daylight within a 4km radius, or at night using infrared sensors within a range of 2km, providing for either an a
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BattleBots is Back! Coming to ESPN, the show promises more motorized mayhem and fewer, ahem, babes, TVSquad reports. iRobot should definitely sponsor this with a combo PackBot/Roomba/Warrior commercial. Tags: Battlebots
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At the end of this New York Times article on robot helpers, iRobot’s ConnectR gets a brief mention. Tags: iRobot, ConnectR
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Lockheed Martin MULE Customer: U.S. Army ordered more than 1700 for 15 brigades, a potential human-to-robot ratio of 29:1 | Deployment: Ready for combat as early as 2014 | Models: Half will be armed; the rest will clear minefields and haul gear | Cargo capability: 1800 to 2000 pounds | Weapons: Four antitank Javelin missiles and a turret-mounted M240 machine gun. (Photograph by Chad Hunt) SWORDS Weight: 200 lb. Speed: 4 mph Weapons: M249 light machine gun Notable feature:
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An Assistant Who May Need the Occasional Battery StarNewsOnline.com, NC - 50 minutes ago The robot, called ConnectR and not yet on the market, is being tested by its manufacturer, iRobot, said Colin Angle, chief executive. …

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3,235 dead. 24,187 wounded in action, of which 10,772 were unable to return to duty within 72 hours. 6,835 non-hostile injuries and 18,704 diseases (both requiring medical air transport). As of 24 March, 2007, this is the number of casualties in the ranks of the U.S. Armed forces in Iraq since the beginning of the war, and more of them have been caused by bomb attacks than by direct confrontations. With the war in Iraq entering its fifth year, the federal government is spending more money
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