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Japanese Robot Guards to Patrol Shops And Offices
Clarinase writes "Robots will be patrolling Japan's streets, offices, shopping malls and other public places for the safety of the people. Guardrobo D1 is equipped with a camera and sensors to detect any signs of trouble. It will then alert the human guards via radio with camera footage of possible troubles. This is one of the technological advancement vital to the aging population of Japan, where 1 in 5 Japanese are over 65 years old."
It's guarding shopping malls? That means it's guarding shoes.
Who cares about shoes?
GRAB THE ROBOT!
Deinjah wiru robeen-san! Deinjah!
what with a name like Guardrobo.
But does it have frickin' laser beams?
ED-209: Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
Shopper: Wtf?
[ED-209 blows shopper away.]
I'm sure that'd go over real well.
Informatus Technologicus
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Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time.
How come there are so many more old people in Japan as compared to the US?
They eat their young.
KFG
http://www.robotcombat.com/video_oldglory_hi.html
That we should be building police robots if we don't know how ice melts. That's a bit tricky.
RTFA again for the best results.
How come there are so many more old people in Japan as compared to the US?
I think the bigger question is: Why do they feel that they're going to need more security guards to protect possession/people from old people? Unless the robots are designed to sacrifice themselves to crazy old people driving through buildings I don't think they'd do any good.
They wanted to use "Robocop", but realized the MPAA would probably send in their special forces.
Now if they could only make guard robots that look like hot robotic maids...
Dont they know that robots eat old peoples medicine for food?
air and light and time and space
If a robot falls over in a shopping mall and none of the old people can hear it, does it still make a sound?
If you don't want crime to pay, let the government run it.
*Thief enters mall.*
*Thief notices $50 shoes.*
*Thief alterted by $10,000 robot.*
*Thief steals robot AND shoes.*
If 20% of the Japanese population is over 65 I would say there's a pretty large labor pool for all the mall security jobs. I'm not sure the robot can compete.
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Drop the intellectual property, you have 45 seconds to comply...
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