The Democratic San Francisco Board of Supervisors could allow police to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations. The 11-member board will vote Tuesday, Nov. 29 ...
SAN FRANCISCO--San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for deadly force, reversing course just days after their ...
No charge. As longtime readers may know, I’m a booster of robots, drones, and automated vehicles. This vote in San Francisco to allow police to use robots to kill or incapacitate threatening ...
SAN FRANCISCO: A plan to equip San Francisco police with killer robots was sent back to the drawing board on Dec 6 after city council members said they were having second thoughts. City ...
SAN FRANCISCO: The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponised police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled ...
On today’s show, we discuss San Francisco’s proposal to authorize SFPD to use killer robots, going before a final vote by the Board of Supervisors on December 6. We’re joined by Dean Preston, San ...
Last year, the New York City Fire Department used robot dogs to assist with search-and-rescue missions. San Francisco canceled a plan last year to allow police robots to use lethal force.
WALTHAM - Boston Dynamics ' latest robot is ready to "exceed human capabilities," the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company ...
Moreira was barricaded inside a home on St. Francis Circle after a 911 call about a person holding someone else at knifepoint, police said at the time. The person escaped, but when officers ...
San Francisco supervisors voted on Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for deadly force just days after their approval of the plan generated ...
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 last Tuesday to permit police to use robots armed with explosives in extreme situations where lives are at stake and no other alternative is available.