Dirty, Dull, and Dangerous Tasks
The Army sent me to MIT in 1985 to study robotics, and I have had a passion for that technology ever since. Over the past 3 decades the technology continues to evolve at an amazing pace. The question is whether or not we as a society are taking advantage of that technology.
My passion is to use robotic technology to remove human beings from dirty, dull and dangerous tasks. From a military perspective, unmanned systems could be sent into harms way in place of the Soldier. Many dangerous tasks, like ground surveillance, route clearance, and convoy operations could all be performed by unmanned systems. If the system gets destroyed, it can be replaced. A human life cannot be replaced.
From a civilian perspective, the same thing holds true. The most pressing case is in law enforcement. Let’s develop unmanned systems that allow police officers to “send in the robot” first….before exposing