Lethality and Autonomous Systems: The Roboticist Demographic

Abstract

This paper reports the methods and results of an on-line survey addressing the issues surrounding lethality and autonomous systems that was conducted as part of a research project for the U.S. Army Research Office. The robotics researcher demographic, one of several targeted in this survey that includes policy makers, the military, and the general public, provides the data for this report. The design and administration of this survey and an analysis and discussion of the survey results are provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA482066

Entities

People

  • Lilia V. Moshkina
  • Ronald C. Arkin

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Weapons
  • Autonomy
  • Covert Operations
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Friendly Fire
  • Lethality
  • Military History
  • Military Research
  • Reconnaissance
  • Robotics
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Business Analytics
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy