Skeptic Bob
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So the use of the bomb wielding robot in Dallas was interesting. I don't fault the police for doing it. They were thinking out of the box in a very dangerous situation with a cop killer that had nothing to lose.
That said, I don't feel comfortable with making man-killing robots a regular part of the police arsenal.
But what about less-than-lethal robots? Robots armed with any number of devices to help incapacitate an armed person. Pepper spray, tasers, nets, or whatever. You think a police dog scares the bad guys? Wait until they see something bullet-proof out of Robot Wars coming for them.
Seriously. If the cops in Dallas rigged that up on the fly, imagine what engineers could put together.
That said, I don't feel comfortable with making man-killing robots a regular part of the police arsenal.
But what about less-than-lethal robots? Robots armed with any number of devices to help incapacitate an armed person. Pepper spray, tasers, nets, or whatever. You think a police dog scares the bad guys? Wait until they see something bullet-proof out of Robot Wars coming for them.
Seriously. If the cops in Dallas rigged that up on the fly, imagine what engineers could put together.