Of all the inventions in the dystopian sci-fi series Black Mirror, perhaps none is more terrifying than the robotic guard dogs in Metalhead. In the episode, from the fourth series of the programme in ...

Both Russia and Ukraine are innovating methods to deploy ground robots for assault missions, engineering tasks, and ...

Ukraine's soldiers have been fighting Russia with M2 Browning machine guns, an iconic American weapon. Now, ground robot makers are adding them to their AI-enabled fighting weapons. One maker told BI ...

The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive. The update, released Jan. 25, 2023, ...

Ukraine uses ground robots to fire at Russian targets and attack positions while its own soldiers stay at a safer distance.

The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive. The update, released January 25, 2023 ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use ...

October 13, 2025: Over the past twenty years, small unmanned ground-based robots have undergone tremendous evolution. Initially, there was RoBattle, a seven-ton wheeled modular drone transport vehicle ...

What if artillery rounds, mini-drone swarms of explosives, rockets and even air-fired missiles are all approaching forward-positioned Army troops at the same time? Imagine that these incoming weapons ...

August 4, 2025: In an unexpected event, Ukrainian robotic vehicles induced several Russian soldiers to surrender without any Ukrainian troops present. Robots and drones have also cooperated to take ...

These ideas and more were swirling as my colleagues and I met in early November at one of the world’s largest autonomous robotics-focused research conferences – the IEEE International Conference on ...

“As casualties mount,” this academic writes, “so does the pressure to achieve decisive battlefield advantages with fully autonomous weapons.” Here’s a look at the ethical questions involved. It wouldn ...