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Speakers:
Prof Noel Sharkey, EPSRC Senior Media Fellow and Professor of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
Unmanned air vehicles, or drones, are increasingly being used in Afghanistan and elsewhere due to their ability to reach difficult terrain and stay airborne for long periods of time, at no risk to the lives of the military. However, robotics expert Prof Noel Sharkey has concerns over the expectations being loaded onto this new area of technology, which he feels are at odds with its ability to fulfil those expectations. At this briefing he explained these concerns, covering topis including the extent to which autonomous technology is being used in military operations and the extent to which they can really operate independently of human input.