DRDO flexes muscle to developmilitary robots for next genwarfare

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SOURCE: PTI
With futuristic warfare in mind, India is working to
develop robotic soldiers as part of efforts to
boost unmanned fighting capabilities, joining a
select group of countries in this endeavour.
Under the project being undertaken by DRDO,
robots would be developed with very high level of
intelligence to enable them to differentiate
between a threat and a friend.
These can then be deployed in difficult warfare
zones, like the Line of Control (LoC), a step that
would help avert the loss of human lives.
“We are going to work for robotic soldiers. We are
going to look for very high level of intelligence in
it than what we are talking today… It is a new
programme and a number of labs are already
working in a big way on robotics,” DRDO chief
Avinash Chander told PTI in an interview.
The newly-appointed DRDO chief listed the project
for development of robotic soldiers as one of his
“priority thrust areas” saying that “unmanned
warfare in land and air is the future of warfare.
Initially the robotic soldier may be assisting the
man.”
He said in the initial phase of the project, the
robotic soldier would be required to be told by the
human soldier to identify an enemy or a
combatant but “slowly in due course of time, the
robotic soldier would be at the front end and the
human soldier would be assisting him.”
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New Delhi: With futuristic warfare in mind, India is working to develop robotic soldiers as part of efforts to boost unmanned fighting capabilities, joining a select group of countries in this endeavour. Under the project being undertaken by DRDO, robots would be developed with very high level of intelligence to enable them to differentiate between a threat and a friend.
These can then be deployed in difficult warfare zones, like the Line of Control (LoC), a step that would help avert the loss of human lives. "We are going to work for robotic soldiers. We are going to look for very high level of intelligence in it than what we are talking today.. It is a new programme and a number of labs are already working in a big way on robotics," DRDO chief Avinash Chander said.
The newly-appointed DRDO chief listed the project for development of robotic soldiers as one of his "priority thrust areas" saying that "unmanned warfare in land and air is the future of warfare. Initially the robotic soldier may be assisting the man."

The robots would be developed with very high level of intelligence to enable them to differentiate between a threat and a friend.
He said in the initial phase of the project, the robotic soldier would be required to be told by the human soldier to identify an enemy or a combatant but "slowly in due course of time, the robotic soldier would be at the front end and the human soldier would be assisting him."
Chander said the need for a robotic soldier is felt to save precious human lives and already robots are used in areas where humans do no want to venture such as defusing bombs or getting inside a high-radiation territory. "Robotic soldier is one step further. It will have multiple technologies in terms of communication with team members, ability to recognise an enemy," Chander said.
"Today, you have neural networks, whenever the soldier tells him (robotic soldier) that this is a human solider, he will derive his own logic as to what is the difference between him and others (civilians). That learning process will keep building up," he said.
Asked if it would be capable of being deployed in areas such as the Line of Control, Chander said, "In due course of time but not before a decade in any way." He said many new technologies have to be developed such as "miniature communication, materials, cognitive technologies, self-learning processes and interaction with human." Chander said "already five to six countries are actively working. They have not yet developed it fully but they are in fairly advanced stages. This is one of my priority areas."


DRDO to develop robotic soldiers to replace humans in warfare

 

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DRDO to deploy combat robots in 10 years

The head of Defence Research and Development Organisation, Avinash Chander told press that within a decade combat robots will join the rank of the Indian Army through implementation of techniques with limited human assistance.

Avinash Chander stated that “There are several laboratories developing robots to use them in the coming future in possible war zones where conditions are difficult”

He further stated that preliminarily cyborgs will need human intervention to identify threats, take decisions and actions but later the robots will be intelligent enough to distinguish between friend or foe relegating human soldiers as off site assistants.

Local media asked whether the combat robots will be deployed to Line of Control (Indo-Pakistan disputed border area in Kashmir), he replied “in due course, but never before a decade”.

Mr Chander cited robots are already used for activities such as deactivating bombs or clearing minefields.

“The robotic soldiers are a step beyond that, the ground or air unmanned devices are the future of the war”, he said.

He reminded that only 5 or 6 countries in the world are in advance stages of production of robotic soldiers and that this project is a top priority for DRDO.

Critics of DRDO claim that they are sceptical of DRDO’s claims as the organisation spent millions in failed projects such as Arjun tank, Akash SAM, Trishul missile, AGNI surface-to-surface missile, NAG ATGM, LCA fighter, localised version of Aerostat UAV, Kaveri engine and FACET (Facility for Ekectro-Optical System Testing).

Recently the UN special rapporteur Christof Heyns told the council that a number of countries are developing armed robots that can kill without requiring human intervention and called for a halt before it is too late. Mr Heyns warned that if humans are taken out of the loop then it could make war more likely.

“War without reflection is mechanical slaughter,” he said. “In the same way that the taking of any human life deserves – as a minimum – some deliberation, a decision to allow machines to be deployed to kill human beings deserves a collective pause worldwide.”

In his report, Mr Heyns said robots will be “the next major revolution in military affairs, on par with the introduction of gunpowder and nuclear bombs”

Officially, governments who are capable of producing Lethal Autonomous Robots are not currently planning to use them.

source: DRDO to deploy combat robots in 10 years - Military Forces of Asia

 

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Good going DRDO..Avinash Chander- please deliver before speaking ..dont be like your predecessor