AP 528(L) - The Robotics RMA

OVERVIEW: The increasing use of robotic platforms on and above the modern battlefield has created a series of controversies for the U.S. military. This lecture argues that military robotics are a current revolution in military affairs that will permanently alter the nature of warfare. Springer believes that military forces in the world will soon be divided into those who have adapted the new technology, and those who have been left behind in the technological race. However, the possession of previously unconsidered technological capabilities carries the temptation to use said technology in unprecedented, and perhaps unwise fashions.