On November 29, San Francisco’s government voted 8 to 3 to authorize the use of lethal weapons by police robots. The vote and authorization, which caught national attention, speaks directly to ...

With a $1.65 billion valuation, California-based Dexterity has secured “unicorn” status. Its founder and chief executive ...

New York City councilmember Ben Kallos says he “watched in horror” last month when city police responded to a hostage situation in the Bronx using Boston Dynamics’ Digidog, a remotely ...

Stephens, of Knightscope, said producing armed robots is "just not something that we feel like is the right thing to do." "This is not Terminator or Robocop. These are passive devices," he said.

Are armed police robots going to be a good thing? The answer depends on who you ask. A police officer dies in in the line of duty every 61 hours. It is dangerous work.

Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time — the first time in any warzone — the machines are carrying guns. After years of ...

If armed robots can take police officers out of harm’s way, in what situations should we permit the police to use them? (The same question goes for police use of armed drones, ...

Dallas police used a bomb-disposal robot to deliver explosives to a suspected gunman, killing him. Experts say robots aren't new to law enforcement but this use was unprecedented.

Rolling robots have been deployed in China and, while they look fun, they’re actually armed with net-guns, tear gas and can hit speeds of 22 mph By Owen Bellwood December 17, 2024 9:30 am EST ...

We showed you the first gun-toting robots when they were first unleashed in Iraq, but those were merely bomb-disposal robots with guns attached to them.Now, from the same company, we have robots ...

But while military drones or robots could well become more automated, some say the idea of fully independent machines capable carrying out lethal missions without human assistance is more fanciful.

What began as a straightforward update about the state of the SWORDS system was repurposed and sensationalized as breaking news about the sudden withdrawal of those three armed robots deployed in I ...