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Stories about: autonomous

The World's Biggest Robo-Truck The Caterpillar 797 model, weighing 700 tons, is already known as the largest truck in the world and used in tasks that require dimensions that support a load of 240 tons. But such tasks, like mining, for instance, are usually highly dangerous jobs and provide extremely difficult environments to drive through. That&#... 7 November 2008 06:59 GMT War Robots Should Be Banned Landmines are banned from use in more than 150 countries around the world, however the Landmine Action believes that autonomous robots capable of killing people should also be banned because they fall under the same treaty that had outlawed the landmines. The US Army is currently the proud owner of a few thousand mil... 28 March 2008 12:22 GMT If Armed Autonomous Robot Kills Humans, Who's Guilty of Murder? Last week, a company announced plans to produce autonomous robots equipped with Taser guns, which will be sold to law enforcement agencies in the US. They will be used for crowd control and against civilians, a situation that raised concerns and gave birth to some interesting questions. If such an armed autonomous r... 7 July 2007 06:54 GMT