Helping the drone war balance autonomy and in-flight ethics

Published on April 4, 2024



There’s been plenty of criticism that Defence is ignoring the threats and possibilities offered by drones and autonomous systems of all kinds. But the Defence-funded Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence CRC in Brisbane has been leading Australian research in this area for seven years and has become a global leader in one particular area: the ethics of autonomy.

Ethical use of robots and autonomous systems is a hot-button issue: how do you design an autonomous system so that it can’t fire a weapon or endanger people without an explicit command from a human operator?

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