China ha revelado el desarrollo de un UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) capaz de identificar buques enemigos y atacarlos mediante el lanzamiento de torpedos, operando sin supervisi\u00f3n humana, o sea en la condici\u00f3n \u201cFull Autonomy\u201d. Este desarrollo, muestra los avances del citado pa\u00eds en Rob\u00f3tica e IA, orientados a disponer de sistemas capaces de operar en todo tipo de escenarios, en potenciales conflictos y zonas de tensi\u00f3n internacional en su regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
Researchers in China revealed that they have developed an automated underwater drone capable of identifying and attacking enemy craft without human input. The first successful trial of the vessel came a decade ago as part of a program blending robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) dating to the 1990s.<\/p>\n
China reveals advanced automated military submarine<\/strong><\/p>\n The formerly secret program was disclosed earlier this month in a research paper published by\u00a0Harbin Engineering University. It provided details about the\u00a0testing of China\u2019s autonomous\u00a0uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV). In it, the authors describe a 2010 trial in or near the Taiwan Strait. As part of that, the craft detected, located, and tracked a dummy submarine it determined to be an enemy presence. Without any human intervention, it then fired a blank torpedo that struck the target.<\/p>\n \u201cThe needs of future underwater warfare bring new development opportunities for unmanned platforms,\u201d the report published July 2 in the\u00a0Journal of Harbin Engineering University<\/em>\u00a01<\/em>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n Unlike conventional subs that require humans \u201cto fine-tune the sonar from time to time to improve the results of searching and tracking,\u201d the report noted, China\u2019s underwater drone contains \u201call the subsystems such as information acquisition, target detection, assessment, status and parameter control (they need to) have completely independent decision-making capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Meaning, of course, full autonomy to determine potential threats or enemies, and the capacities to neutralize those without outside instruction.<\/p>\n China underwater drone revealed amid rising tensions<\/strong><\/p>\n It is not known why China decided to reveal the existence of its underwater attack drone or wider UUV program, but it comes amid rising tensions on several fronts.<\/p>\n As tensions between the US and China have increased in recent years, so too have fears that Beijing may decide to invade Taiwan, which it considers a renegade part of its territory. Discovery of China\u2019s head start in AI applications, and the incorporation of those into advanced military technology is also troubling. News of the autonomous UUV\u2019s successful solo firing of a torpedo, meanwhile, comes in the wake of news that DroneDJ<\/em> colleague Scott Simmie has\u00a0written about<\/a>\u00a0of automated aerial drones having killed humans without outside instruction.<\/p>\n