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A UN meeting is discussing whether robot weapons, known as "Lethal autonomous weapons systems" should be banned under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. But first there has to be agreement on the definition of a "lethal autonomous weapon system" as Paul Scharre a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and one of the speakers at the conference, explains.

Photo: A robot distributes promotional literature calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons. Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images