Editing Robot (section)

=== Military robots ===
{{Main|Military robot}}
Military robots include the [[SWORDS robot]] which is currently used in ground-based combat. It can use a variety of weapons and there is some discussion of giving it some degree of autonomy in battleground situations.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shachtman |first=Noah |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/08/httpwwwnational/ |title=WIRED: First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq (Updated) |magazine=Wired |date=2 August 2007 |access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shachtman |first=Noah |url=http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/08/armed-robots-so.html |title=WIRED: Armed Robots Pushed To Police |magazine=Wired |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412043558/http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/08/armed-robots-so.html |archive-date=12 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a2653/4252643/ |title=America's Robot Army: Are Unmanned Fighters Ready for Combat? |publisher=Popular Mechanics |date=17 December 2009 |access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>

[[Unmanned combat air vehicle]]s (UCAVs), which are an upgraded form of [[unmanned aerial vehicle|UAVs]], can do a wide variety of missions, including combat. UCAVs are being designed such as the [[BAE Systems Mantis]] which would have the ability to fly themselves, to pick their own course and target, and to make most decisions on their own.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/field-guide-flying-robots |title=The Present and Future of Unmanned Drone Aircraft: An Illustrated Field Guide | first=Eric |last=Hagerman |magazine=[[Popular Science]] |date=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226101134/http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/field-guide-flying-robots |archive-date=26 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[BAE Systems Taranis|BAE Taranis]] is a UCAV built by Great Britain which can fly across continents without a pilot and has new means to avoid detection.<ref name="Sky News">{{cite news|title=Taranis: The £143m Fighter Jet Of The Future |first=Kat |last=Higgins |website=Sky News Online |date=12 July 2010 |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Taranis-MoD-And-BAE-Systems-Unveil-Futuristic-Unmanned-Fighter-Jet/Article/201007215663917?lpos=UK_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15663917_Taranis:_MoD_And_BAE_Systems_Unveil_Futuristic_Unmanned_Fighter_Jet |access-date=13 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715051514/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Taranis-MoD-And-BAE-Systems-Unveil-Futuristic-Unmanned-Fighter-Jet/Article/201007215663917?lpos=UK_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15663917_Taranis%3A_MoD_And_BAE_Systems_Unveil_Futuristic_Unmanned_Fighter_Jet |archive-date=15 July 2010 }}</ref> Flight trials are expected to begin in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10602105.stm |title=MoD lifts lid on unmanned combat plane prototype |first=Daniel |last=Emery |work=BBC News |date=12 July 2010 |access-date=12 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712191703/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10602105.stm |archive-date=12 July 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence|AAAI]] has studied this topic in depth<ref name="AAAI ethics" /> and its president has commissioned a study to look at this issue.<ref>{{cite report |url=http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/horvitz/AAAI_Presidential_Panel_2008-2009.htm |title=AAAI Presidential Panel on Long-Term AI Futures 2008–2009 Study |publisher=Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence |access-date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828214741/http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/horvitz/AAAI_Presidential_Panel_2008-2009.htm |archive-date=28 August 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Some have suggested a need to build "[[Friendly AI]]", meaning that the advances which are already occurring with AI should also include an effort to make AI intrinsically friendly and humane.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asimovlaws.com/articles/archives/2004/07/why_we_need_fri_1.html |title=Why We Need Friendly AI |website=3 Laws Unsafe |date=July 2004 |access-date=27 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524150856/http://www.asimovlaws.com/articles/archives/2004/07/why_we_need_fri_1.html |archive-date=24 May 2012 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> Several such measures reportedly already exist, with robot-heavy countries such as Japan and South Korea<ref name=SKrobot>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6425927.stm |title=Robotic age poses ethical dilemma |website=BBC News |date=7 March 2007 |access-date=2007-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215145547/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6425927.stm |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> having begun to pass regulations requiring robots to be equipped with safety systems, and possibly sets of 'laws' akin to Asimov's [[Three Laws of Robotics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livescience.com/technology/060526_robot_rules.html |title=Asimov's First Law: Japan Sets Rules for Robots |first=Bill |last=Christensen |website=[[Live Science]] |date=26 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013025115/http://www.livescience.com/technology/060526_robot_rules.html |archive-date=13 October 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.physorg.com/news95078958.html |title=Japan drafts rules for advanced robots |publisher=UPI |via=physorg.com |date=6 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011103322/http://www.physorg.com/news95078958.html |archive-date=11 October 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> An official report was issued in 2009 by the Japanese government's Robot Industry Policy Committee.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/data/20090325_01.html |title=Building a Safe and Secure Social System Incorporating the Coexistence of Humans and Robots |publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]] |date=March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927070744/http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/data/20090325_01.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Chinese officials and researchers have issued a report suggesting a set of ethical rules, and a set of new legal guidelines referred to as "Robot Legal Studies."<ref name="China report">{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s12369-009-0019-1 |title=Toward the Human–Robot Co-Existence Society: On Safety Intelligence for Next Generation Robots |first1=Yueh-Hsuan |last1=Weng |first2=Chien-Hsun |last2=Chen |first3=Chuen-Tsai |last3=Sun |journal=International Journal of Social Robotics |volume=1 |date=25 April 2009|issue=4 |pages=267–282 |s2cid=36232530 }}</ref> Some concern has been expressed over a possible occurrence of robots telling apparent falsehoods.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-08/evolving-robots-learn-lie-hide-resources-each-other/ |title=Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other |first=Stuart |last=Fox |magazine=[[Popular Science]] |date=19 August 2009}}</ref>