Top robot companies pledge not to add weapons to their tech to avoid harm risk

‘For this technology to be broadly accepted throughout society, the public needs to know they can trust it.’ Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Several robot production companies have pledged not to support the weaponization of their general purpose robots and have encouraged other companies to follow suit.

In an open letter, six leading robotics firms promised not to add weapons to their general use technology and said they would oppose others doing so.