U.S. Air Force testing robots as security guards
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U.S Air Force is taking steps to try out new robotic security guards to replace the human duties in order to save potential losses of life and improve efficiency.
There are two major robotic is on trial at EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida.
Those robotics can be programmed to patrol and in case of suspicions, they will sound loudly to tell potential threats, and interesting can use different languages to question the intruders.
But the Air Force still use a human to be always around because the military doesn't want to give machines complete discretion.
Very practical example of what the situation is about the security robotic. But it also pose a problem to us, how much we can believe a robotic to secure us, and how about the social issures with the deployment of the robotics?
U.S Air Force is taking steps to try out new robotic security guards to replace the human duties in order to save potential losses of life and improve efficiency.
There are two major robotic is on trial at EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida.
One robot being tested is a Jeep-size, four-wheeled vehicle that has been equipped with radar, television cameras and an infrared scan to detect people, vehicles and other objects. It carries a breadbox-sized mini-robot that can be launched to search under vehicles, inside buildings and other small places.
Another robot is fashioned from an off-the-shelf, four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle, giving it added versatility because a human also can ride it like a normal ATV. Both vehicles can be remotely operated from laptop computers and can be equipped with remotely fired weapons, like an M-16 rifle or pepper spray.
Those robotics can be programmed to patrol and in case of suspicions, they will sound loudly to tell potential threats, and interesting can use different languages to question the intruders.
But the Air Force still use a human to be always around because the military doesn't want to give machines complete discretion.
Very practical example of what the situation is about the security robotic. But it also pose a problem to us, how much we can believe a robotic to secure us, and how about the social issures with the deployment of the robotics?
