21.11.2024New video series on autonomous weapon systems

The latest video series, produced in collaboration with the Swiss Drone and Robotics Center SDRC of armasuisse Science and Technology (S+T), deals with the topic «Autonomous Weapons Systems and Human Control».

In nine episodes, the question of what approaches to ensuring human control in autonomous weapons systems might look like is explored from different perspectives. Raúl Gander from the SDRC leads through the individual episodes, in which experts from the fields of defence, international law, international humanitarian law (IHL), criminal law, arms control and ethics contribute their knowledge.

All episodes of the new video podcast can be seen here.

The DSI and the SDRC have already produced two video podcasts:

• Should robots rescue people?
• The multi-layered challenge of drone defense