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Armed Robot Guards - Sorta

Posted by Hemos on from the put-your-heads-in-the-air dept.

jshirk writes "The Bankok Post is reporting that the Thailand Research Fund has unveiled the world's first armed robotic guard. The best part: it can be ordered to fire remotely over the Internet. Now, postal carriers have a lot more to worry about than the dog."

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  1. BEETLE BOT: Attack! by kb9vcr · · Score: 5
    Maybe it's just me, but is there any form of life less intimidating than a beetle? If you were robbing a bank and some 6 inch tall beetle comes crawling up to you repeating "Beettle Bot says STOP!" over and over again on it's 1/8 Watt Radio Shack telephone speaker...Would you stop?

    I feel sorry for the guy who has to supervise these things; You just -know- your going to get some call at 4 in the morning from a bettle bot requesting permission to open fire on a fallen lamp shade.

  2. Missing Caption by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5

    The missing photo caption on the working page is, "and this distance represents the time it will take before these things go completely apeshit on us."

  3. Deadly force by mmca · · Score: 5

    Here is the link.
    I don't know about Bangkok but would this be legal in the US? Can you fire at someone when your life or another life is not in danger? The "guard" isn't alive. So can it use deadly force to protect itself (property)?
    And if it is shooting in auto mode who is at fault? The programer? The owner of the machine?
    Can't wait for the legal fun this is going to cause.