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Security Guard Robot Rolls Itself Into Watery Grave
Artifical Intelligence is currently one of the most influential technologies being developed. Once AI arrives, they will replace many human jobs. Depending on who you believe, that will usher in an era of prosperity or utter despair for humanity. For now, that day still seems quite far away until we welcome…
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Man Gets Arrested for Punching a 300-Pound Security Robot
Remember when someone made a hitchhiker robot and sent him on a voyage across the country all by himself? Yeah, that particular robot was decapitated well before he could reach his final destination, and it looks like Knightscope’s egg-shaped security robots are getting abused as well, as a man recently punched…
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Security Robot Tackles A Toddler
When it comes to robots, they can do all kinds of things. From the airborne drones that will soon deliver your weekly shopping or late night takeaways to the deep sea divers that could soon explore the darkest depths of the planet. Robots are even taking over the common jobs…
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Silicon Valley Patrolled by RoboCops
Robotic security guards, known as Knightscope K5 Autonomous Data Machines, are now patrolling Silicon Valley. The automatons were built by Knightscope, a robotics company in Mountain View, California. These “RoboCops” – with their built-in microphones, cameras, laser scanners, and sensors – are on the look-out for suspicious behaviour, which they…
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