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Armed Police Bots with Stun Guns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-don't-serve-their-kind-here dept.

foniksonik writes "'On 28 June, Taser International of Arizona announced plans to equip robots with stun guns ... the new stun-capable robots could be used against civilians.' Non-lethal weapons experts are concerned that the robots will have to stun the suspected criminal for longer periods of time while awaiting human police to come make the official arrest. "If someone is severely punished by an autonomous robot, who are you going to take to a tribunal?" asks Steve Wright, a security expert at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK."

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  1. Re:ED209 says ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    But what will ED-209 do when we throw a flight of stairs in the mix?

    Hell, if that's all it takes to beat the police of the future....I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.

    There, I said it.

    In Soviet Russia, Stun Guns are armed with Police Bots!
    Proceeding to tazer. Cancel or Allow?