Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones
By Matthew Guariglia It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots…
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IDF Forces Deploy New Semi-Autonomous Robots To Gaza Border
By Tyler Durden An armed robot equipped with optical sensors and a 7.62mm machine gun has been spotted on the Gaza border by the Democratic…
Knightscope’s Robots Have Scanned Billions Of Cellphones, Millions Of People And License Plates
By MassPrivateI During the height of the pandemic, Knightscope posted a blog titled “By The Numbers” with the above image. Their blog is basically a…
Use Of Security Robots Spreads But Few Tangible Results Seen
The CEO of security robot manufacturer Knightscope says that America could be the safest nation on earth if only there were enough security robots deployed….
Robots Are Coming for Millions of Blue-Collar Jobs … But Won’t Stop There
By Jim Hightower Some people find hunting for sport to be abhorrent, so hunters have come up with euphemisms to make what they do sound…
SOCOM Fields Killer Robots “For Immediate Force Protection”
By Tyler Durden A new R&D budget document from the Office of the Secretary of Defense reveals that Special Operation Command (SOCOM) has already acquired…
“Drunk” Roomba Robots Aimlessly Roam Homes Amid Major Software Glitch
By Tyler Durden Here’s an instance where smart internet of things (IoT) automation devices are miserably failing. Users on Reddit and other forms of social media…
Scientists Have Created Programmable Robots Made of Living Tissue — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
By Robert Wheeler Everyone knows that robots aren’t living beings right? Well, we did. That is, until scientists and developers recently announced how they have…
Sewer Cleaning Robots Operating via Sensors and Frequencies “similar to WiFi and Bluetooth” — Plenty Could Go Wrong.
By B.N. Frank A recently published article about Sewer Robots reads more like a sales pitch to replace more human jobs with technology than an…
Company Plans Mass Rollout of Humanoid Robots to Replace Workers in Healthcare, Education
By PFW News A Hong Kong-based robotics company plans to mass produce humanoid robots to replace workers across industries such as healthcare and education. Hanson…
Police Robots Are Not a Selfie Opportunity, They’re a Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen
By Matthew Guariglia The arrival of government-operated autonomous police robots does not look like predictions in science fiction movies. An army of robots with gun…
Boston Dynamics’ Robots Learn How To Dance In Creepy New Video
By Tyler Durden On Tuesday, Boston Dynamics uploaded a video to YouTube of their robots creepily dancing to The Contours’ “Do You Love Me.” The…
Airport Deploys “Virus-Killing Robots” During Holidays As Mall Santas Turn To Plexiglass Barriers And “Sanitation Elves”
By Tyler Durden Holidays during the pandemic were always going to be interesting, as fears over a second wave have been met with a flood…
Survey: Parents Worldwide Would Allow Robots and AI to Care for, Monitor and Perform Surgery on Their Kids
By B.N. Frank In 2019, a survey revealed that 82% of Americans believed Artificial Intelligence (AI) was more harmful than helpful. Also in 2019, one…