25 January 2011

Noel Sharkey debates Robot Arms Control at the Royal Society

Noel Sharkey and Wing Commander Thirtle debated the pros and cons of the use of Drones in war at the Royal Society, reports the Guardian.

Sharkey's International Committee on Robot Arms control has received considerable positive press reports since it first workshop in Berlin in September, 2010 including thefront page of the New York Times and was the cover story for Popular Science in January.

Noel Sharkey is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. You can see his personal web page here.