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Category: RAS2040

October 27, 2020March 17, 2024Blog, Future, RAS2040, Top Post

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 […]

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020Bookshelf, Future, 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 […]

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020Blog, RAS2040

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. […]

August 16, 2020August 8, 2020Blog, RAS2040

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 […]

August 4, 2020August 13, 2020Blog, RAS2040

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. […]

August 2, 2020August 13, 2020Blog, Future, RAS2040

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 […]

July 5, 2020August 8, 2020Blog, Future, RAS2040

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 […]

June 25, 2020August 8, 2020Blog, Future, RAS2040

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 […]

June 23, 2020August 7, 2020Blog, RAS2040

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, […]

June 13, 2020August 8, 2020Blog, Future, RAS2040

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 […]

May 14, 2020August 8, 2020Blog, Future, RAS2040

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, […]

May 10, 2020August 8, 2020RAS2040

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 […]

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