Robotics

Overview: Follow the below links for additional resources on Robotic Crimes. These resources are available both on Futurecrimes.com as well as on select external sites. The following links provide an excellent resource guide and foundation on the latest Future Crimes trends.

Latest Articles on Robotics

• Police Drone “Air Robot” Leads to Arrest in UK
• Hacked Battlefield Robots?
• Police-Robot Shot in the Line of Duty
• Armed Gunman Surrenders to Police Robot
• Armed Robots: Coming soon to a gang member/criminal near you…

External Resources:

• Documents
• Newslinks
  • Bangkok Robot Security Guard by Torrey Hoffman. A Thai attempt in year 2000 to create an armed robot police guard.  The robot was provided a pistol, which could be activated remotely over the internet if the robot detected via heat or camera an intruder.
• Organizations
  • Machine Ethics is concerned with the behavior of machines towards human users and other machines.
  • Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) promotes worldwide advancement of unmanned vehicle systems.
  • International Committee for Robot Arms Control (IRCAC) is concerned about the pressing dangers that military robots pose to peace and international security and to civilians in war.
• Educational
• Law Enforcement
  • The Coming Robot Crime Wave by Noel Sharkey, Marc Goodman, and Nick Ross. Published by the IEEE Computer Society.
• Miscellaneous
  • Archive Gallery: Vintage Robots is a whimsical retrospective from Popular Science Magazine on vintage robots throughout the 20th century.
  • Cellbots. Using mobile phones to control robots.