https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIYGdlH9Y0
To round out their drug-sniffing clone dog army, South Korean authorities are now experimenting with robotic prison guards. Lest you think these cyber-wardens will be equipped with gatling guns in the style of Robocop’s ED-209, know that this alarm-equipped bot has more in common with the Death Star’s delivery droids.
https://gizmodo.com/south-korean-airport-fights-drug-smugglers-with-cloned-5846518
Of course, the robots’ responsibilities may expand as the technology improves. Explains Reuters of these security machines’ potential uses:
The robot has been designed to patrol a prison autonomously, but an IPad will allow manual control as well. The next step, say designers, is a robot that conducts body searches although they admit, neither the technology nor the prison system is quite ready for a step that far into the future.
I can’t even begin to divine how cold-metal cavity searches would work. The thought of Terminator bunk checks is so damn harrowing that there’s a 75% chance I’m clocking out by lunchtime. You’ve won this round, reality.
[Via IEEE Spectrum]
