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Are headlines about killer robots obscuring the valuable use of drones for other purposes?

By Frank Tobe | June 10, 2013

Are the campaigns to ban killer robots scaring people unnecessarily?

Is the coverage obscuring the valuable contributions that commercial uses of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) offer?

There weren’t any headlines about a very helpful drone mapping expedition in Haiti last month.

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About The Author

Frank Tobe

Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.