Professor Paul J. Springer’s book Outsourcing War to Machines: The Military Robotics Revolution “seeks to provide context to the rise and deployment of military robotics. It raises issues with the legality and morality of using these advanced systems and critiques the ways in which they have been used in recent conflicts” (3). This includes, but is not limited to: discussion regarding some of the very first machines deserving the title of “robot,” case studies on robotic applications in the last few decades, speculation surrounding the role of military robotics in the future, and analysis of moral and ethical arguments concerning the use of lethal force by an autonomous system. In all, Springer leaves absolutely nothing out within these pages and provides an extremely thorough overview on the entire history of military robotics.
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