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> What about sensor jamming or confusing? This will no doubt happen. > How to make sure, it is in the right "kill" area? If a robot knows where it started fr

> What about sensor jamming or confusing? This will no doubt happen. > How to make sure, it is in the right "kill" area? If a robot knows where it started from it can use dead reckoning to know roughly where it is. It can also use landmarks it identifies, or celestial navigation. All of these should give it a reasonably accurate idea of its whereabouts. > And if you designate a zone as free to kill everything, you might as well nuke the area. No, because a lot of UGVs will be used as area denial weapons, i.e. as a smart minefield. They might typically stay where they are and monitor than no-one uses the area. Nukes can't do that.

hutzlibu 5y ago
"as a smart minefield." Smart as in kills anything that moves, sure. "All of these should give it a reasonably accurate idea of its whereabouts." But if you add high speeds and bad weather to the scenario, together with highly populated areas, reasonable accurate becomes a relative thing. Unless the drones as a consequence mostly fight themself in remote areas. Might be better than humans fighting in urban areas, but reality most likely will be robots vs. bad equipped humans in urban areas.