Editing Military robot (section)

===Advantages===
Autonomous robotics would save and preserve soldiers' lives by removing serving soldiers, who might otherwise be killed, from the battlefield. Lt. Gen. Richard Lynch of the United States Army [[United States Army Installation Management Command|Installation Management Command]] and assistant Army chief of staff for installation stated at a 2011 conference:

{{blockquote|As I think about what’s happening on the battlefield today ... I contend there are things we could do to improve the survivability of our service members. And you all know that’s true.<ref>Cheryl Pellerin (American Forces Press Service) - [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/id/65064/ DoD News:Article published Aug. 17, 2011]   published by the ''U.S. Department of Defense'', WASHINGTON (DoD) [Retrieved 2015-07-28]</ref>}}

Major Kenneth Rose of the US Army's Training and Doctrine Command outlined some of the advantages of robotic technology in warfare:<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/citizenship_11_14/subject_areas/scientific_development/newsid_1923000/1923299.stm | work=BBC News | title=Robot soldiers | date=2002-04-12 | access-date=2010-05-12 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125025501/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/citizenship_11_14/subject_areas/scientific_development/newsid_1923000/1923299.stm | archive-date=2011-01-25 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|Machines don't get tired. They don't close their eyes. They don't hide under trees when it rains and they don't talk to their friends ... A human's attention to detail on guard duty drops dramatically in the first 30 minutes ... Machines know no fear.}}

Increasing attention is also paid to how to make the robots more autonomous, with a view of eventually allowing them to operate on their own for extended periods of time, possibly behind enemy lines. For such functions, systems like the [[Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot]] are being tried, which is intended to gain its own energy by foraging for plant matter. The majority of military robots are tele-operated and not equipped with weapons; they are used for reconnaissance, surveillance, sniper detection, neutralizing explosive devices, etc. Current robots that are equipped with weapons are tele-operated so they are not capable of taking lives autonomously.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hellström|first=Thomas|title=On the moral responsibility of military robots|journal=[[Ethics and Information Technology]]|date=June 2013|volume=15|issue=2|pages=99–107|doi=10.1007/s10676-012-9301-2|citeseerx=10.1.1.305.5964|s2cid=15205810}}</ref> Advantages regarding the lack of emotion and passion in robotic combat is also taken into consideration as a beneficial factor in significantly reducing instances of unethical behavior in wartime. Autonomous machines are created not to be "truly 'ethical' robots", yet ones that comply with the laws of war (LOW) and rules of engagement (ROE).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=phil_fac|title = Robots in War: Issues of Risk and Ethics|date = 2009|last = Lin, Bekey, Abney|first = Patrick, George, Keith|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123143536/http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=phil_fac|archive-date = 2015-11-23}}</ref> Hence the fatigue, stress, emotion, adrenaline, etc. that affect a human soldier's rash decisions are removed; there will be no effect on the battlefield caused by the decisions made by the individual.