Errymath: Ivan the Terminator

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rise of the machines? There is a fear 
that one day, Ivan and his robo-warrior comrades will become self-aware 
and subjugate humans to their 'iron'will</td></tr>
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<span id="ext-gen133" style="font-size: 1.2em;">This metal marvel might just be the soldier of the future... but far from being science fiction, this one is real.</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen132" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Affectionately known as Ivan the Terminator, Project Iron Man is a humanoid military robot currently being developed in Russia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">For
 years, the country has been trying to keep up with the U.S. and China, 
which are building robots, drones and other military hi-tech machines 
with great success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 aim of the Russian robot soldier is to 'replace the person in the 
battle or in emergency areas where there is a risk of explosion, fire, 
high background radiation, or other conditions that are harmful to 
humans', <a class="" href="http://www.kp.md/daily/26528.4/3545080/?geo=0&utm_campaign=desktopmd" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Komosomolskaya Pravda</a> reported.</span></div>
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Designed by Russia's Foundation for 
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(from up to several miles away) wearing a special suit, which contains 
sensors in the neck, hands and shoulders. This enables the robot to 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Designed
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controlled by an operator (from up to several miles away) wearing a 
special suit, which contains sensors in the neck, hands and shoulders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This enables the robot to accurately copy the movements of a human.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It can even drive a car - scanning the road for obstacles - albeit via a driving simulator computer screen.</span></div>
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Ivan is put through its paces on a 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
 longer term goal is for the robot to carry out a 'maturity test' set of
 actions, including: complete an obstacle course; get into a car and 
start it; and enter a room and turn on the lights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And, ultimately, no doubt, fire a gun and throw a grenade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Then
 there is the elephant in the room: the 'rise of the machines' - the 
fear that one day, Ivan and his robo-warrior comrades will become 
self-aware and subjugate humans to their 'iron'will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">However,
 the (relatively) more realistic question that springs to mind is: just 
what would Vladimir Putin do if he got his hands on an army of them?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAMPAIGN TO STOP 'KILLER ROBOTS' (BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE...)</span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Technology
 allowing a pre-programmed robot to shoot to kill, or a tank to fire at a
 target with no human involvement, is only years away, experts say.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A report published in April called for a ban on such 'killer robots.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 report by Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International 
Human Rights Clinic was released as the United Nations kicked off a 
week-long meeting on such weapons in Geneva.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The report calls for humans to remain in control over all weapons systems at a time of rapid technological advances.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
 says that requiring humans to remain in control of critical functions 
during combat, including the selection of targets, saves lives and 
ensures that fighters comply with international law.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Machines
 have long served as instruments of war, but historically humans have 
directed how they are used,' said Bonnie Docherty, senior arms division 
researcher at Human Rights Watch, in a statement.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Now there is a real threat that humans would relinquish their control and delegate life-and-death decisions to machines.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Some have argued in favour of robots on the battlefield, saying their use could save lives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But
 last year, more than 1,000 technology and robotics experts — including 
scientist Stephen Hawking, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Apple 
co-founder Steve Wozniak — warned that such weapons could be developed 
within years, not decades.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In
 an open letter, they argued that if any major military power pushes 
ahead with development of autonomous weapons, 'a global arms race is 
virtually inevitable, and the endpoint of this technological trajectory 
is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of 
tomorrow'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">According
 to the London-based organisation Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, the 
United States, China, Israel, South Korea, Russia, and Britain are 
moving toward systems that would give machines greater combat autonomy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Human Rights Watch is a co-founder of the organisation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The U.N. meeting of experts on the issue, chaired by Germany, continues talks that took place in April 2015 and May 2014.</span></span></div>
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