Author's note: Why a book on robots and war?
PART 1: THE CHANGE WE ARE CREATING. Introduction: Scenes from a robot war
Smart bombs, Norma Jeane, and defecating ducks : a short history of robotics
To infinity and beyond : the power of exponential trends
Coming soon to a battlefield near you : the next wave of warbots
Always in the loop? : the arming and autonomy of robots
Robotic gods : our machine creators
What inspires them : science fiction's impact on science reality
The refuseniks : the roboticists who just say no
PART 2: WHAT CHANGE IS CREATING FOR US. The big Cebrowski and the real RMA : thinking about revolutionary technologies
"Advanced" warfare : how we might fight with robots
Robots that don't like apple pi : how the U.S. could lose the unmanned revolution
Open-source warfare : college kids, terrorists, and other new users of robots at war
Losers and Luddites : the changing battlefields robots will fight on and the new electronic sparks of war
The psychology of warbots
YouTube war : the public and its unmanned wars
Changing the experience of war and the warrior
alt-delete : new technologies and their effect on leadership
Who let you in the war? : technology and the new demographics of conflict
Digitalizing the laws of war and other issues of (un)human rights
A robot revolt? : talking about robot ethics
Conclusion: The duality of robots and humans.
