when will we start to use robots in wars?

Question

i mean infantry air etc

nowdays pc beats human being in chess

Answer 1

We already do, drones, or unmanned reconnaissance planes are nothing new, and are technically a robot. Robots are also used by military engineers in bomb disposal.

I think you mean robots as infantry? Sounds a good idea, since soldiers aren't being hurt, at least on one side. But do robots have a grasp of the subtleties of military tactics?

Answer 2

I don't think that there are any plans to replace infantry with autonomous robots.

There are plans to for autonomous vehicles to be available by 2012 (I think). Most of the soldiers in Iraq are running convoys and having robots do the driving (not the shooting) would make the military more effective.

Guided missiles, RPVs and explosive robots were already mentioned.

One of the technological hurdles for having infantry robots is target recognition. It's difficult enough for humans to tell friend from foe in Iraq and it's definitely beyond current technologies which is having trouble deciding if a plane is ours or theirs.

Answer 3

we already use robots in the war, for example famous Predator Spy plane

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1560898.stm

we also use automated defense systems (for example on tanks and military bases in dangerous areas like Iraq.
Compared to Predator (on Tv is advert where guy is using Xbox pad to steer it), tank defense system is fully automated when means that little robot is responsible for eliminating any rocket flying on the Famous Abrams M1 Tank :)

there is also delivery track for dangerous zones, but i do not remember the name, and humviee with automated machine guns and defence systems for dangerous field operations,

as a matter of fact we use a lot of robots in moder field, it is that you do not see or hear about it a lot.

oh and the reason why we never will use fully Robots in field is very simple EMP!

one EMP and all robots are nothing more than piece of metal, so we still and probably always will need human as you can operate tanks and machine guns etc. by hand when electornics fails, but if there is no human to to the hand job, the weapon becomes useless.

Answer 4

They all-ready are used, not only are un-manned aerial vehicles used extensively but robots are used on the ground.

The British have been using robots for 30 years in Northern Ireland for disarming bombs, and the US has just deployed 3 of the Special Weapons Observation Remote Reconnaissance Direct Action System (SWORDS) robots to Iraq.

The SWORDS are a formidable piece of kit, armed with a M249 rifle, so far 80 have been ordered for use in Iraq.

Answer 5

Maybe I am paranoind but I would really be worried if their were robots with the cognitive reasoning and decision making capabilities to be effective in warfare.

Also most warfare is between the wills of the people of the different nations. Generally the will of a country is broke by the loss of human life, not the fiscal cost. The less people that die in combat the more frequently we will be engaged in combat.

Answer 6

They already do for particularly some jobs, as maximum all human beings has already reported. yet as for changing all human beings on the sphere of conflict with robots; it won't take place every time interior the foreseeable destiny. The technologies isn't close to stepped forward adequate for them to have a fraction of the effectiveness that human beings on the floor do and that's assuming that they are human controlled and not AI's

Answer 7

It will take a few more years. Right now the processing power isn't enough to make life like robots that are capable of fighting in the place of a human. That is changing, but the change is slow. When they start putting out 32 core CPUs. Then you are starting to approach the kind of power needed to make it happen. Other than that its all a matter of programming and sensor development.

Answer 8

We are already using unmanned aircraft, and remote controll ground vehicles that can be armed. The military is currently resurching ground based vehicles that can operate without human controll. These machines are only a few years away.

Answer 9

They may never use robots, but they are already using unmanned aircraft and ground attack vehicles, whose pilots and drivers are safely hidden in a bunker filled with video and radar equipment.

Robots are a long way from being able to distinguish between military and civilian or even friendly targets.

Answer 10

the main problem of robots of today are their cognitive systems - they are not as good as humans in recognition of changing enviroment.

they are not able to decide swiftly, to switch priorities well, distinguish enemy from friendly.

The bots of today are only able to kill whatever moves in the guarded territory.
Closest to the operational usage are the armed predator versions, but these still require the shoot/no shoot decision to be made by human.

computers are so good in chess because of the strictly given rules valid at the chess board - they are able to calculate all possible actions and reactions. this is not possible in the enviroment with unlimited field of variables - here is the human better with his judgement, or guess, call it whatever you want.