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Chinese Security Robot Draws Dalek, Terminator Comparisons (abc.net.au)

Posted by msmash on from the so-it-begins dept.

An anonymous reader writes: China's first "intelligent security robot," which reportedly includes an "electrically charged riot control tool" and an SOS button for people to notify police, has been compared to the killer Dalek from Doctor Who after being shown off at a tech fair. Intelligence agency whistleblower Edward Snowden shared the news on Twitter with the caption: "Surely this will end well." The robot, unveiled at the 12th Chongqing Hi-Tech Fair, is 1.49 metres tall, weighs 78 kilograms, has a claimed top speed of 18 kilometres per hour and an operating duration of eight hours between charges, according to a report by People's Daily Online. Dubbed AnBot, it was built by the National Defence University in China and has "sensors that mimic the human brain, eyes and ears." The report said AnBot represented breakthroughs in "key technologies including low-cost autonomous navigation and intelligent video analysis" and would play an important role in anti-terrorism and anti-riot operations. AnBot has an SOS button for people to use to notify police of a problem, but it is unclear what criteria AnBot uses to assess threats autonomously.

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  1. Can it do stairs? by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can it do stairs?

    1. Re:Can it do stairs? by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 4, Funny

      Can it do stairs?

      That depends on your definition of 'do'.

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    2. Re:Can it do stairs? by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      It doesn't need to climb stairs. It levels buildings

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  2. Translation needed by Fire_Wraith · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, how do you say "EXTERMINATE" in Mandarin Chinese?

  3. can be disabled with spraypaint by HongPong · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A well placed water balloon filled with paint, or spraypaint, would render it impossible to use the cameras. It would have to be protected from such low fi techniques somehow. There is always the question of asymmetry - cheap countermeasures against expensive tech. While very dystopian, this seems within the same bounds.

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  4. represents breakthroughs in "key technologies"? by Bearhouse · · Score: 4, Informative

    Including "low cost" navigation and AI...yeah, right.

    What did they do, steal the latest tech from MIT and Google?

    Translated: "Latest piece of over-hyped junk that will fall down the first stairs it comes to whilst trying to zap a handicapped person with metal crutches"