Robotics

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Top cop predicts robot crimewave

But he identified the use of robotics and cloning as future challenges. “Our environmental scanning tells us that even with some of the cloning of human beings – not necessarily in Australia but in those countries that are going to allow it – you could have potentially a cloned part-person, part-robot,” he said.

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Robotic Crime: How might the greater use of robots in society affect policing and criminality? Who will take advantage of the upcoming robotics revolution first, criminals or cops?

What happens when computer viruses attack the common house hold robot that will surely be coming in the near future?

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Police Robots to Patrol UK Streets

It is just a matter of time… We’ve been treated to a glimpse into the future of robotics from AI Professor Noel Sharkey from Sheffield University, after two months of research looking at trends and the evolution of robotics around the world the botboffin offers some bleak reading for criminals. At the core of his [...]

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Sarge: Why do I have to work with the Robot?

By Noah Shactman, Wired Magazine, August 16, 2007 Armed robots — similar to the ones now on patrol in Iraq — are being marketed to domestic police forces, according to the machines’ manufacturer and law enforcement officers.  None of the gun-toting ‘bots appear to have been deployed domestically,  yet.  Both cops and company officials say [...]

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