UN agrees to set of rules for 'Killer Robots'

'Killer robots' which can identify and destroy targets without human control are posing great threat to human life. Experts have warned UN that time is running out to set rules for the use of "Killer Robots".

UN conducted a five day meeting of the UN's Convention on Conventional Weapons, which was the first ever meeting on fully autonomous weapons.

By closing this meeting the UN has taken initial step towards an agreed set of rules governing the weapons.

Twenty-two countries, mostly those with smaller military budgets and lesser technical know-how, have called for an outright ban, arguing that automated weapons are by definition illegal as every individual decision to launch a strike must be made by a human.