City of the United States approves the use of robots to shoot possible criminals

The presence of robots in our daily life is increasing, the new proof of said signaling comes from the hand of police robots in the streets of the United States.

Like something out of the Robocop movie, the San Francisco police will be able to use remote-controlled robots to kill suspects.

The city’s board of supervisors approved a controversial policy allowing police robots “be used as a deadly force option when the risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other available force option.”

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From the perspective of experts, the use of robots as law enforcement has never been strictly prohibited, nor had a proposal like this been accepted before in San Francisco, so we can say that this idea is a milestone.

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said it does not own any pre-assembled robots and has no plans to assemble its current machines, Sky News reports.

As SFPD spokeswoman Allison Maxie explained in a statement, the department’s robots can now be equipped with explosives to contact, incapacitate or disorient suspects,

What would the use of police robots be like?

The SFPD currently owns 17 robots, 12 of which are operational.

The machines can be broadly divided into two categories: large and medium-sized tracked robots used to remotely examine or detonate explosives (such as the Remotec F6A and Qinetiq Talon).

Smaller bots designed to be thrown at target areas for reconnaissance and surveillance (such as the FirstLook and Recon Robotics Throwbot).

All SFPD-owned robots are designed to be operated primarily by humans and have limited autonomous functionality.

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