Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS)-machines that, once activated, are able to make the
decision to kill humans without further human intervention-pose serious legal, ethical, and …

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (" CCW") is a treaty based upon the
principles of international law that weapons used for engagement in armed conflict should …

In order to be counted as autonomous, a weapons system must perform the critical functions
of target selection and engagement without any intervention by human operators. Human …

To the extent there is any consensus among States, ban advocates, and ban skeptics
regarding the regulation of autonomous weapon systems (AWS),'it is grounded in the idea …

Much of the debate on autonomous weapons presumes a choice between human versus
autonomous decision-making over targeting and engagement decisions. In fact, in many …

The debate over Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) has begun in earnest with advocates
for the absolute and immediate banning of AWS development, production, and use planting …

One of the hottest topics of emerging technologies of war is autonomous weapons systems
(AWS). Within the field, legal and ethical questions are as prominent as technical ones, and …

The debate concerning the law, ethics and policy of autonomous weapons systems (AWS)
remains at an early stage, but one of the consistent emergent themes is that of uncertainty …

The development of unmanned systems that are remotely controlled and those with
increased autonomy in making the decision to target or kill humans has been a worry to the …

With the introduction of robots2 to the battlefield, critics and activists have raised doubts that
echo a long history of opposition to landmines, aviation, submarines, and nuclear …