BD Checks Out Army's Robotic Gun: ATLAS – IAM Network

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD: One touch, one kill -- is this the user-friendly future of warfare? I sat in front of a touchscreen, watching black-and-white infrared video of the gunnery range outside. Lined up on the left edge of the screen were still-image close-ups of what an experimental AI had decided were valid targets: dummies representing enemy infantry and vehicles, plus a real pick-up truck. Disengage safety, tap a target with your finger, and, 20 yards away, an unmanned turret automatically slewed to aim its 50mm cannon at that target. If one more button had been enabled, I could have opened fire.