iRobot Receives Award to Develop Small Mobile Communications Relay Robot – Empowering Warfighters with Ad-Hoc Communications In Theater. BURLINGTON, Mass., March 3, 2008 – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced it has received an award under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LANdroids program.Through this multi-year robotics research and development program, iRobot will develop […]
A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. In a keynote address to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Professor Noel Sharkey, from the University´s Department of Computer Science, will express his […]
“Can a robot commit a war crime?” That question was raised at the conference on The Ethics of Autonomous Military Systems behind yesterday’s story on ethical concerns over robotic weapons. Reference: newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/02/military-turing-test-would-make-war.html