The big picture: The leading companies in the robotics industry want to dissuade people of turning harmless machines into weapons with killing intents. General-purpose robots equipped with powerful ...

The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive. The update, released January 25, 2023 ...

International attempts to regulate the use of autonomous weapons, sometimes called “killer robots”, are faltering and may be derailed if such weapons are used in Ukraine and seen to be effective. No ...

War Robots: Frontiers is a multiplayer, third-person mech shooter delivering intense, tactical skirmishes featuring immense, heavily customizable mechs. Taking place 200 years after the original War ...

Austria has recently raised the alarm on the urgent need for global action to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems amid growing concerns over the development of so-called 'killer ...

It wouldn't take much to turn this remotely operated mobile machine gun into an autonomous killer robot. Pfc. Rhita Daniel, U.S. Marine Corps The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the ...

This morning, a group of prominent robotics firms issued an open letter condemning the weaponization of “general purpose” robots. Signed by Boston Dynamics, Agility, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics and ...

August 4, 2025: In an unexpected event, Ukrainian robotic vehicles induced several Russian soldiers to surrender without any Ukrainian troops present. Robots and drones have also cooperated to take ...

New legislation supported by local leaders like Boston Dynamics would ban the weaponization of robots except by the military and police. Boston Dynamics, the company behind lifelike advanced robots ...

The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive. The update, released Jan. 25, 2023, ...

I am not connected to Article 36 in any capacity, nor have I received any funding from them. I did write a short opinion/policy piece on AWS that was posted on their website. The U.S. military is ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 in favor of a policy proposal to allow the SFPD to utilize military-grade weapons, including the controversial use of lethal ...