Danger Will Robinson!
Accordingto <a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/8330600/?GT1=6657">this article on MSN</a>, those inventive Japanese are at it agian! This time, they've created another piece of science-fiction: The Security Robot. According to the article, they will patrol shopping malls looking out for potential trouble. In the picture, they show a security robot putting out a fire, so I'm assuming they'll have some safety features, like fire extinguishers. No word on whether or not they'll have firearms built in, but I doubt it, considering the laws in Japan regarding that sort of thing. Of course, they may develop that for export...
Oh, that'd be scary. A robotic mall security guard with a gun. Like the human variety isn't bad enough already. I just hope the designers have read <a target="_blank" href="http://www.androidworld.com/prod22.htm">Asimov's Laws of Robotics</a>!
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