The Importance of Remote Autonomous Systems for the Future of the ADF
Reading Time: 5 minutes In his speech for the launch of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed to the audience: “We must […]
Category: RAS2040
Book Review – T-minus AI
Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Kanaan’s “T-Minus AI” is written for a national security-focused crowd that often hears about Artificial Intelligence (AI) but doesn’t really know […]
From tool to teammate: Your next battle buddy is a machine
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the same way that humans historically praise animals and vehicles that have served in combat, soldiers form bonds with their robots. […]
Operationalising human control: Practical implications for limits on autonomous weapons
Reading Time: 5 minutes Robotic weapon systems with autonomy in their critical functions of selecting and attacking targets raise novel legal, ethical and operational questions for […]
The Health Domain of 2040
Reading Time: 4 minutes We (Paul and Nick) previously considered the Warfighting Health Effect in 2040 supported by Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) in a deployed environment. […]
Warfighting Health Effect in 2040
Reading Time: 4 minutes Private Richard Alexander “Dick” Henderson MM was forever immortalised in the now famous painting by Horace Moore, which shows a stretcher bearer […]
Automation and Civilians in Conflict
Reading Time: 4 minutes Every conflict in human history has been accompanied by a wave of non-combatant suffering. The proliferation of militarised autonomous systems in this […]
What can the military learn from uberisation and the gig economy?
Reading Time: 4 minutes In his book A History of Warfare, John Keegan wrote of the relationship between warfare and society: “both worlds change over time, and the warrior […]
An #ADFRAS2040 Primer: Write now for an effect by 2040
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the 2004 ADF Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Roadmap foresaw the requirement for a tiered UAS capability to be realised by 2020, […]
Are automated weapons the next tank?
Reading Time: 3 minutes In December 1918, General Sir Douglas Haig wrote that tanks “are incapable of effective independent action. They do not in themselves possess the power […]
Human Enhancement and the Cyborg Combatant
Reading Time: 4 minutes Humans have always sought to enhance themselves. The history of humanity is a story of that pursuit for greater improvement and ultimately, […]
Call for Submissions: Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2040
Reading Time: 3 minutes How will the future Australian Defence Force (ADF) exploit robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) to gain and maintain advantage across the spectrum […]