Is ‘Spot’ a good dog? Why we’re right to worry about unleashing robot quadrupeds — May 4, 2021: Jeremy Moses and Geoff Ford discuss research on public sentiment and the marketing of robot quadrupeds in The Conversation.

The Fog of Swarms - Analysing the Political and Military Discourse of Lethal Autonomous Drone Swarms — On April 8, 2021, Jeremy Moses and Geoff Ford presented a paper at ISA2021 as part of a panel on “Dynamics of Drone Warfare: Media, War, and Conflict”.

ISA2021 Roundtable “Ethics of War and Peace in Theory and Practice” — April 7, 2021 - Jeremy Moses discussed his work on just war, humanitarianism and lethal autonomous weapons as part of the ISA2021 roundtable on “Ethics of War and Peace in Theory and Practice”.

From Robot Quadrupeds to Drone Swarms - using Digital Methods to analyse debates on Lethal Autonomous Weapons — On March 26, 2021, Geoff Ford and Jeremy Moses gave a seminar for the UC Arts Digital Lab on their research mapping debates on LAWS and the digital tools developed for the project.

Rise of the Robot Quadrupeds — A timeline charting the emergence and use of robot quadrupeds, including Boston Dynamics’ Spot, MIT Biomimetics Lab’s Cheetah, and Ghost Robotics’ Vision 60.

“Saving Lives” with Spot - Robot Quadrupeds and the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Debate — Jeremy Moses and Geoff Ford presented a paper on robotic quadrupeds at the OCIS2020 Conference on December 11, 2020.

Autonomous futures - positioning lethal autonomous weapons in the landscape of future warfare — Amy Fletcher presented at the UC AI Inaugural Conference on December 9, 2020 on her early findings from the Mapping LAWS project.

See Spot “save lives” - COVID-19 as opportunity for acceptance of robotic quadrupeds — Jeremy Moses and Geoff Ford presented their research on robotic quadrupeds at the New Zealand Political Studies Association International Relations Workshop held at Victoria University on November 23, 2020.

“Killer robots” study granted $842,000 to explore controversial emerging warfare — “Robot wars make great movies, but now deadly en mass killing machines are a reality.” Stuff NZ features the Mapping LAWS research project.

Killer robot ethical and legal debate under the microscope — “We’re already seeing divisions among some of the key nation states that are trying to develop this technology.” Associate Professor Amy Fletcher discusses the Mapping LAWS project with RNZ’s Wallace Chapman.

Marsden Fund grant supports UC study on ‘killer robots’ debate — “First there was gunpowder, then nuclear weapons. Now another revolution in warfighting is underway with the rise of algorithmic warfare using robots and precision targeting technology.” UC media release about the Mapping LAWS project.