Hero police robot back on duty after 'unstable man' blasts it with shotgun A heroic police robot has returned to duty with a Nebraska force after being put out of action by an "unstable man" who blasted it repeatedly with a 12-bore* shotgun at point blank range during a tense siege this summer. The story begins in Bellvue, Nebraska, on August 10. Ordinary fleshy plods responded to reports of an " …
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Three
1) People thinking I want criminals "cured" and putting them on community schemes instead of kicking their nasty thieving heads with big boots.
2) Robots getting hurt.
3) The money contractors normally fleece from the Gov going to repair robots.
The answer is obvious.........
The robot grabs the shotgun and turns the barrel into a pretzel before the criminal can fire again.
What, they can't make a robot arm which can do this yet? Shame..
Re. tasers. Normally the ground will act like a Faraday cage, although the radio controller might throw a hissy fit.
Of course, for the sheer hell of it have the robot retaliate by raising itself to 750,000 volts and sending that back along the same wires used to zap it, resulting in extra crispy felon.
"Proportional response" :-)
AC/DC
isn't it more likely that without a robocop the SWAT team would have brought some snipers along? I'm thinking if the cops could see perp trying to close a garage door, he's well visible enough for a sharpshooter to disable him.
You don't disable a perp by using a gun, you kill him. The point is not simply to save the lives of the officers involved, but that of the suspect as well. Too, firing a rifle at the suspect introduces risk to those within range of the rifle, no matter how good the marksman. The robot gives the cops another option in much the same way pepper spray or tasers can be used instead of a gun. Respect the bot!
A robot plod in Florida last year - having been riddled with bullets by a nude man armed with an AK47 assault rifle - remained functional enough to beat a hasty retreat.
It's the nude aspect that is needed....
And much better aiming at the vital bits.
Personally I think being off ones head on crystal meth and angel dust and all that, and having a cache of automatic weapons, and running around naked on a balmy afternoon, shooting anyone and anything, because they are the devil, is perfectly great way to spend the day.
Welcome to America.
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