The United States researched and built robot warriors

The US military will design combat robots capable of operating independently, programmed to prevent acts of violating war crimes by soldiers who are on the battlefield.

Robot T-800 in American Terminator series.Photo: Telegraph.

From now until 2010 the US Department of Defense will invest $ 4 billion in the research program 'automated systems', codename of military robots. Their goal was to create fearless machine soldiers, but they didn't like killing innocent people. The United States has hired many English robotics experts to advise on how to build robots that cannot afford to violate the Geneva Convention on War.

Senior Pentagon officials are interested in studies of the psychological crisis of soldiers who served in Iraq. These studies show that a large proportion of soldiers participating in the fighting here support the method of torturing and torturing enemy gunmen.

Ronald Arkin, a computer expert at Georgia Technical University, is developing software for the US military, saying that using machine warriors would reduce the situation of violating the Geneva Convention. 'Robots are not worried about their lives nor are they emotionally controlled in decision making. Machine warriors were not agitated or angry at the tragic events on the battlefield, ' Ronald said.

Meanwhile, unmanned aircraft have been used in Iraq and Afghanistan to conduct bombing on anti-government elements. Automated motor vehicles are also used to disable mines and other types of explosive devices.

Last month the US military announced that robots could fire many things, from bean bags, pepper powder to grenades. It is equipped with a 7.62 mm machine gun. But this generation of robots still needs to be remote controlled by humans. Researchers want to build machine warriors capable of identifying targets, weapons and knowing the different types of enemy soldiers (tanks, people, airplanes) with 'soft' targets. like ambulances and civilians.

Software installed in the processor will prevent them from taking actions prohibited in the Geneva Convention on War. The US military wants to build fully automated machine fighters because the robots they have still need to be controlled by humans. Therefore, the cost to produce and operate them is quite high. A Predator unmanned aircraft needs up to 6 operators and these people also need to be properly trained.

Some experts are concerned that fighting robots can shoot indiscriminately if people make mistakes in the manufacturing process. Noel Sharkey, a computer expert at the University of Sheffield (UK), is one of the strong protesters of the US military plan.

'Their ambition makes me feel chills in my spine. I have been studying artificial intelligence for decades, but still feel horrified by the idea of ​​creating a generation of robots capable of deciding to kill or forgive people. '