No. 292: From Robots to Warbots: Reality Meets Science Fiction

Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series Editor(s): Benno Zogg, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 292
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

The ongoing robotization of armed forces raises concerns about the desirability of autonomous systems with lethal capacity. In contrast, unarmed military robots have already improved and supplied capabilities unconstrained by human physical limitations. But despite the long-term efforts to develop fully autonomous systems, no military robot can lift the fog of war.

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