Military Androids: A Vision for Human Replacement in 2035

摘要

The evolution of unmanned military systems over the last few decades, beginning with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and more recently Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV), is the nascent steps in the replacement of human beings from direct involvement in the conduct of warfare. This evolution is driven by a desire to reduce the risk for loss of life. As this evolution continues, and improvements are made in field of robotics, there will come a point around the year 2035 where some soldiers or Marines will be replaced by androids. For the purposes of this paper, an android is defined as an artificial system that is indistinguishable from human beings in both its external appearance and behavior, and is capable of interaction with actual human beings.