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 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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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--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 ...
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.