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added hyperlink ← Previous revision Revision as of 09:01, 6 May 2026 Line 1: Line 1: {{Short description|Campaign organisation founded in 2009}} {{Short description|Campaign organisation founded in 2009}} The '''International Committee for Robot Arms Control''' (ICRAC) is a "not-for-profit association committed to the peaceful use of [[robotics]] in the service of humanity and the regulation of robot weapons." It is concerned about the dangers that autonomous [[military robot]]s, or [[lethal autonomous weapon]]s, pose to peace and international security and to civilians in war.<ref name="about">{{cite web | url = https://icrac.net/who/ | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | publisher = International Committee for Robot Arms Control | title = Who We Are}}</ref> The '''International Committee for Robot Arms Control''' (ICRAC) is a "[[Not-For-Profit|not-for-profit]] association committed to the peaceful use of [[robotics]] in the service of humanity and the regulation of robot weapons." It is concerned about the dangers that autonomous [[military robot]]s, or [[lethal autonomous weapon]]s, pose to peace and international security and to civilians in war.<ref name="about">{{cite web | url = https://icrac.net/who/ | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | publisher = International Committee for Robot Arms Control | title = Who We Are}}</ref> The international non governmental organisation was founded in 2009<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.businessinsider.com/automated-killbots-could-replace-soldiers-2014-1 | date = 28 January 2014 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | first1 = Jeremy | last1 = Bender | first2 = Geoffrey | last2 = Ingersoll | publisher = [[Business Insider]] | title = Budget Constraints Lead To Debate Over Robots Fighting In Battle}}</ref> by [[Noel Sharkey]],<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/13/ban-on-killer-robots-urgently-needed-say-scientists | date = 13 November 2017 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | first = Ian | last = Sample | location = London | title = Ban on killer robots urgently needed, say scientists}}</ref> Jurgen Altmann, Peter M. Asaro,<ref name="motherboard">{{cite web | url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-man-behind-the-push-to-ban-killer-robots/ | date = 10 June 2013 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | first = Greg | last = Thomas | publisher = [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] | work = Motherboard | title = Meet the Man Behind the Push to Ban Killer Robots}}</ref> and Robert Sparrow.<ref name="the-register">{{cite web | url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/04/noel_sharkey_international/ | date = 4 October 2010 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | first = Lewis | last = Page | publisher = [[The Register]] | title = Fruitcake profs demand strict curbs on killer robots: Noel Sharkeys of the world, unite!}}</ref> Sharkey is its chairman.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/12/16286580/uk-government-killer-robots-drones-weapons | date = 12 September 2017 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | first = James | last = Vincent | publisher = [[The Verge]] | title = UK government says humans will always be in charge of its robot weapon systems}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-32292034 | date = 14 April 2015 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | publisher = [[BBC News]] | work = [[Newsbeat]] | title = Should lethal autonomous weapons - or killer robots - be banned?}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/21/britain-will-not-support-pre-emptive-ban-killer-robots-mod-says/ | date = 21 August 2017 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | first = Ben | last = Farmer | location = London | title = Britain will not support pre-emptive ban on 'killer robots', MoD says after experts urge UN to act}}</ref> The committee is composed of people involved in [[robotics]] technology, [[robot ethics]], [[international relations]], [[international security]], [[arms control]], [[international humanitarian law]], [[international human rights law]], and public campaigns.<ref name="about" /> The international non governmental organisation was founded in 2009<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.businessinsider.com/automated-killbots-could-replace-soldiers-2014-1 | date = 28 January 2014 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | first1 = Jeremy | last1 = Bender | first2 = Geoffrey | last2 = Ingersoll | publisher = [[Business Insider]] | title = Budget Constraints Lead To Debate Over Robots Fighting In Battle}}</ref> by [[Noel Sharkey]],<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/13/ban-on-killer-robots-urgently-needed-say-scientists | date = 13 November 2017 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | first = Ian | last = Sample | location = London | title = Ban on killer robots urgently needed, say scientists}}</ref> Jurgen Altmann, Peter M. Asaro,<ref name="motherboard">{{cite web | url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-man-behind-the-push-to-ban-killer-robots/ | date = 10 June 2013 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | first = Greg | last = Thomas | publisher = [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] | work = Motherboard | title = Meet the Man Behind the Push to Ban Killer Robots}}</ref> and Robert Sparrow.<ref name="the-register">{{cite web | url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/04/noel_sharkey_international/ | date = 4 October 2010 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | first = Lewis | last = Page | publisher = [[The Register]] | title = Fruitcake profs demand strict curbs on killer robots: Noel Sharkeys of the world, unite!}}</ref> Sharkey is its chairman.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/12/16286580/uk-government-killer-robots-drones-weapons | date = 12 September 2017 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | first = James | last = Vincent | publisher = [[The Verge]] | title = UK government says humans will always be in charge of its robot weapon systems}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-32292034 | date = 14 April 2015 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | publisher = [[BBC News]] | work = [[Newsbeat]] | title = Should lethal autonomous weapons - or killer robots - be banned?}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/21/britain-will-not-support-pre-emptive-ban-killer-robots-mod-says/ | date = 21 August 2017 | accessdate = 13 November 2017 | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | first = Ben | last = Farmer | location = London | title = Britain will not support pre-emptive ban on 'killer robots', MoD says after experts urge UN to act}}</ref> The committee is composed of people involved in [[robotics]] technology, [[robot ethics]], [[international relations]], [[international security]], [[arms control]], [[international humanitarian law]], [[international human rights law]], and public campaigns.<ref name="about" />