From the beginning of biologically inspired robots, researchers have beenfascinated by the possibility of interaction between a robot and its environment,and by the possibility of robots interacting with each other. Robots may performdangerous tasks can operate remotely of collocated in the same room as its user,are engaging, motivating, encouraging imagination and innovation, and mayimprove literacy and creativity. As an inevitable result of the exponential growthof robot applications in industry and in civilian service, intelligent robotic systemshave been used with success in warfare. They will soon be ubiquitous, with acontinuously growing variety of applications such as target detection,identification and tracking, weapon guidance, reconnaissance, autonomousguidance of land, sea and air vehicles, terrestrial image mapping, simulations ofmilitary equipment, battlefield training, support, etc.Such entities are a growing industry from both a research and commercialperspective. Thus, it is desirable to present a review on intelligent robotic systemsto serve as a tutorial to people inside and outside the field, and to promotediscussion of a unified vision for these agents with a particular focus on militaryuse. In particular, a comprehensive taxonomy of robots used in warfare iscompiled, key points in the field are identified, and challenges are discussed thatare likely to shape the specific area in the near future.Their application on the battlefield though, raises several challenges, moraland ethical issues that are also discussed in this work.
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