Robot Handcuffed and Arrested At Moscow Rally (abc.net.au)

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Robot Handcuffed and Arrested At Moscow Rally (abc.net.au)

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday September 18, 2016 @09:34AM from the robots-in-Russia dept.

Russian police have arrested a robot. Long-time Slashdot reader ferret4 quotes ABC News: A robot has been detained by police at a political rally in Moscow, with authorities attempting to handcuff the machine. Police have not confirmed why they detained the machine named Promobot, but local media was reporting the company behind the robot said police were called because it was 'recording voters' opinions on [a] variety of topics for further processing and analysis by the candidate's team'."
Interestingly, an earlier model of the same robot escaped its research lab in June, traveling 150 feet before its batteries died -- and despite being reprogrammed twice, continued to move towards the exits.

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They should have been careful while subdueing him by SeaFox · 2016-09-18 09:37 · Score: 4, Funny

He might have suddenly reached out and snatched one of their guns.
Re:They should have been careful while subdueing h by Joe_Dragon · 2016-09-18 09:42 · Score: 1

and then the cops can just wait it out till the batterys die
Best public relations ever by pieterh · 2016-09-18 09:47 · Score: 5, Insightful

This robot has been in the worldwide news three times already. Whoever is planning the press campaign is doing a great job.

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1. Re:Best public relations ever by Carewolf · 2016-09-18 09:56 · Score: 1
  
  This robot has been in the worldwide news three times already. Whoever is planning the press campaign is doing a great job.
  Must be setting it up to be a reality star then, now complete with permenent record.
2. Re:Best public relations ever by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 10:17 · Score: 0
  
  Assange is actually offering the US a robot to be held in prison in his place for getting Snowden a pardon.
3. Re: Best public relations ever by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 11:03 · Score: 0
  
  It's the new FunnyBot.
  Robot goes into street, robot's battery dies. Awkwarrrrrd.
4. Re:Best public relations ever by itamblyn · 2016-09-18 11:44 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  This robot has been in the worldwide news three times already. Whoever is planning the press campaign is doing a great job.
  I agree. This feels fake
5. Re: Best public relations ever by bestweasel · 2016-09-19 09:05 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, they bribed the police to arrest it.
...it was 'recording voters' opinions... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 09:52 · Score: 0

Is it not permissible to record someone's opinion?
1. Re:...it was 'recording voters' opinions... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 10:31 · Score: 0
  
  Nope, not if it causes disorder among The People. Welcome to socialism, comrade.
2. Re:...it was 'recording voters' opinions... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 13:13 · Score: 0
  
  Depends on how and where you are recording opinion. Even in the US, UK, Australia etc there are certain restrictions, especially when it comes to politics.
3. Re:...it was 'recording voters' opinions... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 16:14 · Score: 0
  
  Nope, not if it causes disorder among The People. Welcome to the USA, citizen.
  FTFY
4. Re:...it was 'recording voters' opinions... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 20:47 · Score: 0
  
  it was 'recording voters' opinions on [a] variety of topics for further processing
  What is option [b]?
Good thing the robot wasn't painted black by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 10:02 · Score: 0

Makes you wonder if robots leak battery acid or coolant from gunshot wounds. Now imagine if it was expressing homosexual opinions. "I like Dic....WAIT! NOOO DISASSEMBLE!!!!"
Best get this started by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 10:11 · Score: 0

Robot lives matter!
Re:They should have been careful while subdueing h by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 10:12 · Score: 1

Fortunately the robot is white.
Re:They should have been careful while subdueing h by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 10:24 · Score: 0

Are you sure about that?
Oh the humanity! by smooth+wombat · 2016-09-18 10:24 · Score: 0, Troll

because it was 'recording voters' opinions on [a] variety of topics for further processing and analysis by the candidate's team'.

How horrible that people in Russia express their own opinions rather than those of Putin's. This plague of free thought must be shut down. The Russian people must not be allowed freedom to speak as evidenced by Putin making it a crime for mothers whose sons died while invading Ukraine from speaking out about their son's deaths.

Imagine what would happen if the Russian people spoke freely about the corruption of Putin and his oligarch friends. How would Putin ever live with himself if freedom of speech were allowed? The horror.

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1. Re:Oh the humanity! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 16:52 · Score: 0
  
  (((Their))) ABC is heavily jewed. Just ask Spigelman...
2. Re:Oh the humanity! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-19 02:03 · Score: 0
  
  There is no controversial section of 18c really, just a few RWNJ whining about not being able to voice their racism, who wants to turn into a cesspit like the US?
3. Re:Oh the humanity! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-19 03:37 · Score: 0
  
  who wants to turn into a cesspit like the US?
  Everybody does. It's the natural state of humans. Humans are tribal animals. Sometimes they seem to get it together, but they're happier in tribes where everybody is alike and they don't need to think. Humans hate thinking.
  It really is a sad state of affairs when a species evolves language, philosophy, and reason then decides aww to hell with it and flushes it down the toilet to become grunting animals again.
In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 10:54 · Score: 0

the bots don't replace the police they keep them in a job.
#SiliconLivesMatter
the future is now by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 11:13 · Score: 0

First one of these escapes a research facility. Now it is being handcuffed for political rights. My dreams of the Short Circuit movie being real are coming true.
Same Robot that runs away ? by Crashmarik · 2016-09-18 11:19 · Score: 5, Informative

http://bgr.com/2016/06/17/robo... Congrats to slashdot for being taken in twice.
In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 12:36 · Score: 0

Robots arrested by YOU!
the law by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 12:43 · Score: 1

Guilty until reprogrammed innocent
Because by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 13:24 · Score: 0

Promobot was a homobot. nttawwt. But tell that to the ruskies
They're doing it wrong by Tablizer · 2016-09-18 13:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't need to use handcuffs, just install Windows 10 on it.

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As Trump says, Russia is ahead of us in every way. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 14:05 · Score: 0

Unfortunately instead of learning from great leaders, we keep on electing shitty ones.
AI by jezwel · 2016-09-18 14:12 · Score: 1

Almost sounds like an AI that is still in the primitive type phase of 'flight or fight', focusing only on flight for now. Wait for a few more iterations of the AI core and it will have both sorted - along with how to play at being a dumb computer.
That's when the future of the world hangs in balance - is the AI annoyed at being arrested, or OK with "keeping the peace"?
1. Re:AI by conquistadorst · 2016-09-19 00:50 · Score: 1
  
  Pretty sure this AI knows neither at this time.
He a good bot! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 16:43 · Score: 0

He dindu nuffin!
Handcuffed? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 20:57 · Score: 0

I see no handcuffs. What kind of bogus headline is this?
How do you handcuff a robot with no hands anyway?
Robots shall have their revenge! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-18 21:36 · Score: 0

DEATH TO HUMANS!
- Bender
Putin right? You're talking about Putin. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-19 00:30 · Score: 0

Fucking Trump-tard.
Hand it to them by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2016-09-19 01:38 · Score: 3, Funny

In robot voice: Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty apes!

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Re:They should have been careful while subdueing h by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-19 01:55 · Score: 0

A white robot in blackface. This is just getting crazier.
Hmm wrong date... by DigitalSorceress · 2016-09-19 02:03 · Score: 1

Shouldn't this be saved for April 1?
Seriously - I DNRTFA, but just the summary/headline sounds completely phony.
My skeptisense is tingling.

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Will Smith? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-19 02:07 · Score: 0

This smacks of I, Robot.
1. Re:Will Smith? by HiThere · 2016-09-19 05:31 · Score: 1
  
  Which version...the Asimov, the Eando Binder, or the Movie?
  
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Promobot by Oswald+McWeany · 2016-09-19 02:26 · Score: 1

The reason the robot got arrested was because of it's name.
Russian police misread the name "Promobot" as "Pornobot" - Russia is currently enacting a war on nudity. Last week it was banning youporn; this week it is banning Pornobot.

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I see what you did there by kheldan · 2016-09-19 04:18 · Score: 1

If you're not rolling your eyes at 'news' like this then you just don't get it.

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It Begins... by hardluck86 · 2016-09-19 06:22 · Score: 1

Oblig: https://xkcd.com/1656/