Keith Abney

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed the use of autonomous robots in the field of war, which can replace the human soldier in an increasing range of dangerous missions: from tunneling through dark caves in search of terrorists, to securing urban streets rife with sniper fire, to patrolling the skies and waterways where there is little cover from attacks, to clearing roads and seas of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), to surveying damage from biochemical weapons, to guarding borders and buildings, to controlling potentially-hostile crowds, and even as the infantry frontlines.

TL;DR: The flourishing role of robots in society is described-from security to sex-and the numerous ethical and social issues are surveyed, which are located in three broad categories: safety & errors, law & ethics, and social impact.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that social robots are different from humans and that autonomy + mobility = perceived agency, and the potential for abuse of robots is real. But they do not discuss the role of humans in this discussion.