Robots for War

Kevin Robert Dean qualiall at union.org.za
Mon Jan 13 10:51:17 PST 2003


Another way to dehumanize war--instead of sending in people who might have a consious---send in the bots, and no one will have to think about it....KRD

Military robots well trained for war Monday, January 13, 2003 Posted: 10:54 AM EST (1554 GMT)

Helen Greiner, president and co-founder of iRobot, stands by the $45,000 "PackBot," which her company made for military use.

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (AP) -- In future wars, robots may drop from the sky by the hundreds from unmanned aircraft, swarming like giant insects over battlefields in coordinated, terrifying assaults.

But that is a decades-away scenario.

For now, military planners and robot designers are simply trying to improve devices -- some of which could see action soon in Iraq -- by incorporating lessons from Afghanistan, where robots saw their first significant military action.

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone in the military who says robots will one day replace soldiers.

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