Q&A: Robotics engineer aims to give robots a humane touch  Can
robots be more humane than humans in fighting wars? Robotics
engineer Ronald Arkin of the Georgia Institute of Technology
believes this is a not-too-distant possibility. He has just
finished a three-year contract with the U.S. Army designing
software to create ethical robots.  As robots are increasingly
being used by the U.S. military, Arkin has devoted his lifework
to configuring robots with a built-in "guilt system" that
eventually could make them better at avoiding civilian
casualties than human soldiers. These military robots would be
embedded with internationally prescribed laws of war and rules
of engagement, such … Read more