military (robotics)

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

The glossary is being gradually proof checked, but currently has many typos and misspellings.

Robots are being used increasingly in military situations. The earliest use was for bomb clearance, tyically controlled by a human operator. Recent conflicts have seen huge numbers of aerial drones deployed on the battelfield and smaller number of land-based robots and marine drones. So far these all include a human in the loop to make the final decison about an attack, but with increasing levels of semi-automation. There are movements in the UN and other international bodies to ban the use of fully autonomous weapons.

Used in Chap. 15: page 221