American military drones ready independence. Unmanned aircraft to be replaced with a new generation of faster and more intelligent robots that will operate without human intervention, with the growing autonomy.

Currently, unmanned aircraft Predator and Reaper type are controlled, sometimes thousands of miles away by a pilot through a stick. But in contxtul massive Pentagon investment in “autonomy” robotic weapons systems, scientists predict that future devices air, land or submarine will operate side by side with man, with minimum supervision, Mediafax. According to Peter Singer, an expert on robotic arms and author of “Wired for War” man’s role “passes from the remote operator at the supervisor or” manager “, increasingly leaving the reins” robot.

In the next decade, progress information would allow unmanned aircraft to fly autonomously, as “extreme robotic” of classic aircraft, provides Dham Werner, a former leader of the scientists in the Air Force. In the desert of Arizona have already started experimenting with type Apache attack helicopters, flying in formation with unmanned helicopter.

Despite technological advances, the Pentagon assures that the use of weapons will remain under human control. The main technical barrier to researchers at the Pentagon remains, however, can provide a guarantee that the autonomous devices will commit errors with potentially catastrophic consequences.

27/09/2012