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Comments: 1 +-   Killer military robot arms race underway?-> on Wednesday February 27 2008, @09:31AM coondoggie

Submitted by coondoggie on Wednesday February 27 2008, @09:31AM
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coondoggie writes "Can it be that the Terminator movies were right and robots will consume the Earth? Seems that's what one researcher thinks at least. We are beginning to see the first steps towards an international robot arms race and it may not be long before robots become a standard terrorist weapon to replace the suicide bomber, according to professor Noel Sharkey, from the Royal United Services Institute Department of Computer Science. The professor made the comments in a keynote address to the in a keynote address to the RUSI. Indeed robot technology is being rapidly developed. Many nations are now involved in developing the technology for robot weapons, with the US Department of Defense being the most significant player, according to Sharkey. According to the Unmanned Systems Roadmap 2007-2013 (published in December 2007), the US said it will spend an estimated $4 billion by 2010 on unmanned systems technology. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25439"
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