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Robotic Police Dogs: Useful Hounds or Dehumanizing Machines?
Hawaii Public Radio | By ^
| MATT O'BRIEN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Posted on 07/31/2021 9:56:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Edited on 07/31/2021 12:30:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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HONOLULU — If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Honolulu, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don’t have a fever.
That’s just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, the best-known of a new commercial category of robots that trot around with animal-like agility.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs; police; policedogs; robotdogs; robots
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posted on
07/31/2021 9:56:45 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The new robotic dog heads are almost ready...
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posted on
07/31/2021 10:21:19 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: \/\/ayne
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posted on
07/31/2021 10:22:04 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Who will be blamed when RoboRover kills an innocent person?
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posted on
07/31/2021 10:32:42 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(To find out who really rules you, find out who you're not allowed to criticize. Voltaire. )
To: BenLurkin
Shades of War of the Worlds?
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posted on
07/31/2021 10:34:30 AM PDT
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: BenLurkin
Throw a blanket over it and kick it over. Oh look, it's carrying his lunch.
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posted on
07/31/2021 10:35:26 AM PDT
by
Pollard
To: Pollard
Afraid he might catch the rona from robot dog?
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posted on
07/31/2021 10:36:47 AM PDT
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/31/2021 10:42:31 AM PDT
by
Pollard
To: I want the USA back
Who will be blamed when RoboRover kills an innocent person? Trump, of course.
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posted on
07/31/2021 11:09:19 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem by far is that most of the news media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
To: LastDayz
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posted on
07/31/2021 11:41:43 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
At least the fire hydrants feel safe.
wy69
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posted on
07/31/2021 11:41:44 AM PDT
by
whitney69
(uin )
To: BenLurkin
It’s appropriate to use an unarmed police robot in high-risk situations, primarily because it’s expendable and does not need to deploy deadly force to protect itself.
During felony stops of vehicles it makes sense to have an unarmed robot approach the vehicle, send video back to the cops, ID the occupants, and relay commands to the occupants. That seems preferable to having nervous cops with weapons drawn make the initial approach.
For another example, sending in a swarm of unarmed robots to subdue a barricaded subject means nobody has to die that day.
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posted on
07/31/2021 11:55:38 AM PDT
by
JustaTech
(A mind is a terrible thing)
To: BenLurkin
as Boston Dynamics becomes part of South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Company, which in June closed an $880 million deal for a controlling stake in the robotics firm. The real scandal in this story is hidden somewhere in the middle. At least not the CCP.
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posted on
07/31/2021 11:56:06 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
To: Pollard
I was thinking full auto paint ball gun fired into its “eyes”.
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posted on
07/31/2021 12:31:54 PM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it. NO, RECAPTCHA, I'M NOT A ROBOT!!! DIE YOU TIME WASTING SCUM.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/31/2021 12:38:40 PM PDT
by
tallyhoe
To: \/\/ayne
My wifee needs a few of those on her car hood. Suspect they would be expensive to feed.
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posted on
07/31/2021 1:24:23 PM PDT
by
mcshot
(We've been bamboozled.)
To: tallyhoe
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posted on
07/31/2021 1:30:30 PM PDT
by
mcshot
(We've been bamboozled.)
To: BenLurkin
Like in Fahrenheit 451.
No thanks.
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posted on
07/31/2021 4:39:50 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
To: tallyhoe
Its CGI. The dog is real.
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posted on
07/31/2021 5:40:09 PM PDT
by
The MAGA-Deplorian
(Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
To: BenLurkin
It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase,"K9 unit"
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posted on
07/31/2021 5:49:58 PM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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