When Dallas Police improvised the use of a remote control robot to blow up a shooter, it was heralded as a new frontier for law enforcement. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs ...

The Remotec Andros Mark V-A1 robot they used is a 790-pound, 72-inch-tall (with camera arm fully extended) remote-controlled robot that's quite adept at carrying payloads up to 100 pounds.

Their abilities are more akin to a remote control car, or a glorified periscope on wheels. These robots aren't thinking independently or making decisions. A human controls the robot remotely ...

Instead of putting bodies in the way of harm, police strapped a bomb to a MarkV-A1 bomb disposal robot and drove it with a remote control. Once the robot arrived, it detonated an explosive ...

We Should All Be Nervous About Killer Police Robots The San Francisco Police ... he doesn't think "removing the immediacy and humanity of taking a life and putting it behind a remote control is ...

Police sometimes use deadly force. Larger police departments have robots capable of killing people. A new California law is forcing a discussion on whether police departments should be allowed to ...

Six years after the Dallas Police Department used a bomb disposal robot to slay a sniper, San Francisco is finally having that discussion. And the liberal city's answer appears to be yes.Here's ...

The Police Department currently does have one small robot, which officers use for surveillance, but wants one with updated technology. July 20, 2016 • Megan Favignano, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.

(We’ve written in more detail elsewhere about the concerns with weaponized police robots.) There is also the fear that they could evolve from a remote-controlled tool to an autonomous decision-maker ...

China creates a first in police robotics, with the Anbot that comes armed with a taser, for crime fighting and riot control. 💰Our editors’ picks for the best Prime Day deals.💰 Search for: ...

The robot suddenly lost communications,” the Massachusetts State Police said. “The Troopers would later discover that Roscoe had been shot three times by the suspect and had been rendered ...

The New York Police Department’s new robot dog will receive a special robotic arm for opening doors and moving objects next month, according to a new report from ABC7 in New York.