Technophobes can relax, says the US Army. Unmanned systems -- i.e. military battlefield robots -- will still be controlled by human soldiers, reports Time magazine in this informative article.
Here's an excerpt:
"Is the day approaching when the U.S. military can deploy a robot that can drive itself around a corner, use senors to detect an enemy fighter on-the-move and destroy the target instantly with missiles and machine guns — all without human intervention? The Pentagon thinks the day may be imminent and it wants to make ensure that its technology doesn't get ahead of military doctrine. It wants to be certain that there is always a "human" making decisions regarding the use of lethal force.With some estimates of armed robots, with so-called Autonomous Navigation Systems, less than five years away, the U.S. Army is drafting a "White Paper," to establish a set of guidelines and principles for their use."
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