International governance of autonomous military robots

GE Marchant, B Allenby, R Arkin, ET Barrett… - Colum. Sci. & Tech. L …, 2011 - HeinOnline
Military technology is a field driven by change-the constant pursuit to be better, faster,
stronger. Certain technological achievements like guns and planes have happened in the …

Autonomous Weapons Systems: A Coming Legal" Singularity"?

B Kastan - U. Ill. JL Tech. & Pol'y, 2013 - HeinOnline
Military robotics has long captured the popular imagination in movies, books, and
magazines. In recent years, this technology has moved from the realm of science fiction to …

Drones and the Boundaries of the Battlefield

MW Lewis - Tex. Int'l LJ, 2011 - HeinOnline
The military use of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Combat
Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs)'in combat operations is one of the more legally controversial issues …

Accountability gap: Autonomous weapon systems and modes of responsibility in international law

T Chengeta - Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y, 2016 - HeinOnline
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 …

Autonomous weapons and human responsibilities

JM Beard - Geo. J. Int'l L., 2013 - HeinOnline
Although remote-controlled robots flying over the Middle East and Central Asia now
dominate reports on new military technologies, robots that are capable of detecting …

Legal status of drones under LOAC and international law

V Sehrawat - Penn St. JL & Int'l Aff., 2017 - HeinOnline
In the twenty-first century, the use of drones in military combat operations is one of the most
legally controversial issues confronting international humanitarian law (IHL) and the law of …

The ethics & morality of robotic warfare: Assessing the debate over autonomous weapons

MC Horowitz - Daedalus, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
There is growing concern in some quarters that the drones used by the United States and
others represent precursors to the further automation of military force through the use of …

The new way of war: Is there a duty to use drones

O Gross - Fla. L. Rev., 2015 - HeinOnline
Drones, also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 1 have become the poster
child for America's continuing fight against terrorism under President Barack Obama, filling …

Law and ethics for robot soldiers

K Anderson, MC Waxman - Policy Review, 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
Lethal autonomous machines will inevitably enter the future battlefield—but they will do so
incrementally, one small step at a time. The combination of inevitable and incremental …

Friend of humans: an argument for developing autonomous weapons systems

CP Toscano - J. Nat'l Sec. L. & Pol'y, 2015 - HeinOnline
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 …