The age of killer robots


A Ukrainian soldier preparing an automated weapon with a gun turret mounted on a rolling drone for a test at a shooting range near Kyiv. The weapon was developed by Roboneers, a Ukrainian company. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

IN a field on the outskirts of Kyiv, the founders of Vyriy, a Ukrainian drone company, were at work on a weapon of the future.

To demonstrate it, Oleksii Babenko, 25, Vyriy’s CEO, hopped on his motorcycle and rode down a dirt path. Behind him, a drone followed, as a colleague tracked the movements from a briefcase-size computer.

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