Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots

by Ronald Arkin

Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an "artificial conscience" in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots that can potentially perform more ethically than humans in the battlefield. The author examines the philosophical basis,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420085948
• ISBN13: 9781420085945
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"