"Just say no" to drones

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Sparrow, Robert ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; MILITARY FUNDING; MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS; MILITARY ROBOTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH; ROBOTICS RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES; UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TARGET DRONES;

FINANCE;

EID: 84858162276     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2012.2185275     Document Type: Article

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