Risk transfer from human to machine: new concept from Ghost Robotics

Ghost Robotics has developed the Vision 60 robot. It is an all-weather platform created for operation in unstructured environments. Where traditional wheeled or tracked systems prove ineffective. Technical superiority is achieved through a patented “blind mode” control system. Mimicking mammalian movement principles and ensuring stability even with degradation of optical sensors.

During the Noto earthquake in 24, Japanese self-defense forces used these robots for reconnaissance of evacuation routes and support for the movement of the most vulnerable residents. And Canadian nuclear laboratories equipped robots with sensors for mapping radiation levels, preventing the need to put humans at risk.

There is also military application of quadruped robots and this raises ethical questions. Unlike some manufacturers who issued an open letter against arming “general purpose robots,” Ghost Robotics takes a more pragmatic position. The company believes that regulation should be carried out through carefully formulated government rules. Not through ambiguous corporate promises.

It turns out that Ghost Robotics quadruped robots represent a technological implementation of the principle of transferring risk from human to machine. Which significantly changes the concept of conducting rescue operations and military missions in dangerous zones. At the same time creating a need for a new ethical and legal framework for regulating such systems.