Posted on 03/20/2008 4:48:21 PM PDT by KoRn
An elderly man has killed himself by programming a robot to shoot him in the head after building the machine from plans downloaded from the internet.
Francis Tovey, 81, who lived alone in Burleigh Heads on the Australian Gold Coast, was found dead in his driveway.
According to the Gold Coast Bulletin, he had been unhappy about the demands of relatives living elsewhere in Australia that he should move out of his home and into care.
Notes left by Mr Tovey — who was born in England — revealed that he had scoured the internet for plans before constructing his complex machine, which involved a jigsaw power tool and was connected to a .22 semi-automatic pistol loaded with four bullets. It could fire multiple shots once triggered remotely.
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does it yell "dance?"
lol!
How very sad. Prayers.
Hmm, what do we note about this guy?
o Builds a robot to do what he could do himself. Even goes to the trouble of scouring the internet for guidance.
o Allows said robot to shoot him IN THE DRIVEWAY! WTF?
o Chooses .22 as suicide round of choice.
Yep, he had problems all right.
At 81 if he decides he’s had enough I’ll respect his decision. Nothing impulsive here, well thought out but he took a chance with the small caliber bullets.
Definitely not Three-Laws Compliant.
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