Military robots soldiers already are being used for sentry duty and performing dangerous work like detecting mines. But these are controlled by humans. To make them autonomous requires the military to tackle ethical issues. This is now being actively researched:
“My research hypothesis is that intelligent robots can behave more ethically in the battlefield than humans currently can,” said Ronald C. Arkin, a computer scientist at Georgia Tech, who is designing software for battlefield robots under contract with the Army. “That’s the case I make.”
Now all we need is for these robot soldiers that act as say security guards to be able to talk – best call me and I show you how!!
