> I'm not so sure building a robot capable of killing toddlers 'does something for the USA' - at least not anything positive. I think that's the point. Rather

> I'm not so sure building a robot capable of killing toddlers 'does something for the USA' - at least not anything positive. I think that's the point. Rather than building a kick ass military bot, they'd be building a lame domestic servant. People who thought they'd be doing the former may not find satisfaction in the latter.