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Author: Liska Suckau

Liska Suckau ist Researcher in der Forschungs­gruppe Emerging Disruptive Technologies des Clusters Natur- und Technikwissenschaftliche Rüstungskontrollforschung (CNTR) und im Programmbereich Internationale Sicherheit. Ihre Forschungs­interessen sind Kriegs- und Friedens­forschung, insbesondere neue Techno­logien in der Kriegs­führung, militärische Innovation, kritische Militärstudien, Rüstungs­kontrolle und Gender. // Liska Suckau is a Researcher in the Research Group Emerging Disruptive Technologies at CNTR and the Research Depart­ment International Security. Her research interests are war and peace research, in particular new techno­logies in warfare, military inno­vation, critical military studies, arms control and gender.
Image shows three soldiers, one of them climing into the window of a small wooden building, the other two holdling guns, next to a small vehicle with a flat top that holds several devices.

The Limits of Autonomy. Critically Assessing Factors Limiting Full Autonomy of Military Uncrewed Ground Vehicles

Written on . Posted in English, PRIF Spotlight.

The robots are coming! In 2024, no week has passed without eye-catching headlines stating that “the robot wars have […] begun” as part of “a new revolution of warfare.” As robots are increasingly integrated into society, they are also being introduced into the military. In the land domain, military robots are not necessarily humanoids, a la iRobot, but are often uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs). Looking closely, it becomes clear that we are quite far from the controversial notion of ‘fully autonomous’ robot warfare. High levels of autonomy likely won’t be achieved in UGVs in the mid-term, as the features that enable it are, ironically, its main weakness.

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