Robots for War

[Kevin Robert Dean]

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. 

Full:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/01/13/robots.atwar.ap/index.html
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