Slaughterbots is a 2017 arms-control advocacy video presenting a dramatized near-future scenario where swarms of inexpensive microdrones use artificial intelligence and facial …

Nov 22, 2017 · In the Slaughterbots short, which we've embedded below, swarms of AI-controlled drones carry out strikes on thousands of unprepared victims with targeted precision. What …

Feb 2, 2025 · American defense startup XDOWN has introduced the P.S. Killer (PSK), a lightweight, throwable tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed for rapid deployment …

Mar 5, 2021 · In the 21st century battlefield, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly part of the enemy arsenal. “Drone Killers” have become significantly more important, as these …

Mar 7, 2024 · Luis Wenus, an entrepreneur and engineer, incorporated an artificial intelligence (AI) system into a small drone to chase people around "as a game," he wrote in a post on …

Dec 6, 2021 · Some experts believe the spread of low-cost, light-weight "killer" drones will change ground warfare as profoundly as the machine gun did.

A loitering munition, also known as a suicide drone, [1] [2] [3] [4] kamikaze drone, [5] [6] [7] or exploding drone, [8] is an aerial weapon with a warhead that is typically designed to loiter until …

Feb 7, 2025 · American defense startup XDOWN has introduced a multi-purpose drone that is deployed as easily as a quarterback throws a football. The oval-shaped PS Killer (PSK) is …

Mar 5, 2025 · This eureka moment led Balan to found Xdown, the company that’s building the P.S. Killer (PSK)—an autonomous kamikaze drone that works like a hand grenade and can be …

Dec 22, 2017 · A small drone equipped with facial recognition technology could potentially be used to autonomously search for and kill specific individuals, as “Slaughterbots" envisions.