THREAT OF MILITARY ROBOTS11A3143017L

Naoto takahashi

MILITARY ROBOTS ARE SCIENCE FICTION?

Sci-Fi Real

REALITY OF MILITARY ROBOTS

MQ-1 Predator Foster-Miller TALON

RQ-16 T-Hawk

UAV ＝ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

In U.S.2002

2002013

11,000

Over 50 countries has researchedChina, Russia, Israel, Pakistan, Iran, and so

on...Cf. Senkaku islands

ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE・ Soldiers are completely safe

・ cheap

・ Young generation is easy to use

・ mistaken bombing

・ Acts of war become easy

・ If terrorist or dictatorship get…

AUTONOMOUS MILITARY ROBOTS

X-47B Legged Squad Support SystemGuardium

Can robots make a kill decision?

CRITICISMS OF MILITARY ROBOTS• Mistaken bombing• NGOs• United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• Should the military robots be banned? And why?• How do autonomous military robots change the

war?• Should the autonomous military robots be

banned? And why?• How regulate the use of military robots?