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Robotic Mall Cop Unveiled in Japan
- brk 18y agoMore Japanese robo-future gimickry. A top speed of 6MPH? Maybe it can put an end to those early morning geriatric mall walkers causing mayhem :)
- lallysingh 18y agoThe worst part of this is that it'll probably throw the net on you in front of your friends. A 2 ft tall robot at 6mph catches you with a cheezy net, and you're down for the count. With witnesses, that's punishment nobody wants.
- froo 18y agoI saw this and the first thing I was hoping for was either a Robocop ripoff or, what would have been much cooler would be an ED-209. Seriously, Even though I'm a law abiding citizen, if I saw an 18 foot tall, machine gun toting, rocket launcher wielding law enforcement death-bot... I'd think twice before doing anything against the law.
- bprater 18y agoIs it autonomous? If not, is it really a robot or just a remote-controlled car with Spiderman aspirations?
- streety 18y agoFollowing the article to the youtube video and then following the link there leads you to this site: http://robot.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2009/01/23/1567.html http://robot.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2009/01/23/1567.ht... Translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Frobot.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fcda%2Fnews%2F2009%2F01%2F23%2F1567.html&sl=ja&tl=en http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&... The opening paragraph includes the following, "announced it had jointly developed a remote-controlled robot that can be secured in the new phone" Seems to be entirely remote controlled.
- gcheong 18y ago"We have basically designed the robot for corporate use" I could just see it now. You arrive at work on layoff day and there's one of these standing next to your cube.
- falsestprophet 18y agoIf they could figure out a way to call it SkyNet, they would probably get a lot of attention.