An increasing number of countries want to introduce a ban on fully autonomous weapons in order to prevent the creation of "killer robots ", a new report says.
It describes weapons systems which can select and engage targets without meaningful human control as "unacceptable". The research by Human Rights Watch said 30 countries had now expressed a desire for an international treaty introduced which says human control must be retained over the use of force.
The new report, "Stopping Killer Robots: Country Positions on Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons and Retaining Human Control", reviews the policies of 97 countries that have publicly discussed killer robots since 2013.
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