Samsung’s Machinegune-wielding Robot Will Shoot You On Sight
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Samsung suddenly realized there are more exciting things than making MP3 players and LCD TVs, so they created this machine-gun-wielding, bad-ass robot.
Samsung has partnered with Korea university and developed the machine-gun equipped robotic sentry. It is equipped with two cameras with zooming capabilities one for day time and one for infrared night vision. It has a sophisticated pattern recognition which can detect the difference between humans and trees, and a 5.5mm machine-gun. The robot also has a speaker to warn the intruder to surrender or get a perfect headshot. The robots will go on sale by 2007 for $ 200,000 and will be deployed on the border between North and South Korea.
I’m not sure if it would read to you the Miranda Rights before it blasts you to pieces, but it would be a good addition in a future upgrade. There’s a small loophole, though; would it still detect me if I’d dress up as a tree? I also know some North Koreans who have an uncanny resemblance to a blasted banyan, so would they get past this gunner?
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[...] Jointly developed by the Civil Aviation University of China and Tianjin YAAN Technology Electronics Co. Ltd., the robot can patrol residential zones, airports, warehouses, department stores and other public places. It’s expected to go on sale within two or three months. Although it looks something teenagers would kick and vandalize, we believe pairing it somehow with Samsung’s machinegunning toy wouldn’t let that happen. [...]