South Korea Plans Trial Run of Robot Prison Guards
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[/URL]This isn't the first time we've seen a prison turn to robots for a little assistance, but South Korea looks to be going a bit further than most with its latest robotic endeavor. The country's Ministry of Justice has announced that it will be conducting a one-month trial run of robot guards at a prison in the city of Pohang starting in March -- a project that's expected to cost one billion won (or about $863,000). "The robots are not terminators," as the university professor in charge of the endeavor told [I]The Wall Street Journal[/I], but rather monitors that will patrol the corridors of the jail and alert the human guards if they detect any unusual activity. Inmates will also be able to use the robots to communicate with the guards, and the folks behind the bots are apparently doing their best to keep things from turning into too much of a dystopian future -- they're now said to working on making the robots appear more "humane and friendly."[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/25/south-korea-plans-trial-run-of-robot-prison-guards/[/URL]
I dunno if they should be humanoid; they can easily be knocked down. Maybe if they were like small-scale tanks or even taser-toting dirigibles, they wouldn't be so easy to topple and decommision. Unless the inmates work out how to make an EMP using household materials; in which case the machines would be easy prey without some sort of radiation shield or Faraday cage.
[QUOTE=ironman17;33462729]I dunno if they should be humanoid; they can easily be knocked down. Maybe if they were like small-scale tanks or even taser-toting dirigibles, they wouldn't be so easy to topple and decommision. Unless the inmates work out how to make an EMP using household materials; in which case the machines would be easy prey without some sort of radiation shield or Faraday cage.[/QUOTE]
We could make them to be like the Sentry Bots from Fallout.
[img]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110125165036/fallout/images/thumb/8/8d/Fo3BS_Enclave_sentry_bot.png/448px-Fo3BS_Enclave_sentry_bot.png[/img]
Better set their security level to 5, would be terrible if some h4xx0r got to the security console and reconfigured its IFFs.
Alternatively you could just disable augs...
So reality just became the prequel to Robocop while I wasn't looking?
I know how to disable a robot guard, knock them over!
Prepare for massive breakouts, South Korea.
This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;33463260]This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded[/QUOTE]
If that's the case it probably transforms into some gun mechanism should it detect violence. Boosters on that would be amazing.
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;33463260]This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded[/QUOTE]
Holy shit that looks just like Robocop!
[IMG]http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/r/robocop.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;33463260]This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded[/QUOTE]
why the fuck would you give it a smiley face
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;33463260]This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded[/QUOTE]
That's not what I imagined at all.
[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;33463333]why the fuck would you give it a smiley face[/QUOTE]
To help with rehabilitation, probably.
I mean, if it's some kind of killbot 9000, it will only promote agression, which isn't good for the inmates, especially if you want to cut reoffending.
Also, it looks really sturdy.
[QUOTE=Terminutter;33463502]To help with rehabilitation, probably.
I mean, if it's some kind of killbot 9000, it will only promote agression, which isn't good for the inmates, especially if you want to cut reoffending.
Also, it looks really sturdy.[/QUOTE]
I'd make it at least slightly intimidating, to tell everyone clearly that you don't want to start fucking with it
[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;33463333]why the fuck would you give it a smiley face[/QUOTE]
I think that's just a reflection
[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;33463546]I'd make it at least slightly intimidating, to tell everyone clearly that you don't want to start fucking with it[/QUOTE]
Seeing as it looks built to last, I'd imagine that the humiliation of not being able to fight a massive yellow... thing would deter people from fucking with it :v:
[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;33463333]why the fuck would you give it a smiley face[/QUOTE]
The intention is that it looks non-threatening, so it will not obfuscate the rehabilitation process.
Hmm, they need to strap guns to it.
A minigun at least. :v:
Prisoner #456012 move to Ward A
[img]http://www.sixi6me-element.com/A45/baron5toy-robocop.jpg[/img]
[B]You have ten seconds to comply[/B]
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;33463799]Hmm, they need to strap guns to it.
A minigun at least. :v:[/QUOTE]
challenge accepted
[img]http://imgkk.com/i/3_i2.jpg[/img]
Prisoner: Hey whats 100 divided by 0?
Robot: Does not compute.. shutting down...
Prisoner: YOU ARE ALL FREE!
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;33463260]This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded[/QUOTE]
Gives the shock and awe to the North Koreans.
I would get on the back of that thing and shoot my way out of the jail. Fuck cops.
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;33463260]This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded[/QUOTE]
Judging by the ratings, someone finds it cute. As expected.
I've already got it beat.
Does the set that contains all sets contain itself?
Thank you, Portal, for teaching me how to escape from a south korean shower rape.
[QUOTE=toaster468;33463908]Prisoner: Hey whats 100 divided by 0?
Robot: Does not compute.. shutting down...
Prisoner: YOU ARE ALL FREE![/QUOTE]You have to tell robots paradoxes, not math problems
get it right
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[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;33463589]I think that's just a reflection[/QUOTE]
A reflection of what?
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;33464180]Judging by the ratings, someone finds it cute. As expected.[/QUOTE]
It is pretty adorable.
[QUOTE=ionuttzu;33463260]This is the robot
[img]http://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/robot-guard.jpg[/img]
It looks retarded[/QUOTE]
oh wow im so scared
better not escape, i bet i'd never be able to escape from that beast!!!!!
[editline]27th November 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;33463868]challenge accepted
[img]http://imgkk.com/i/3_i2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I know this may be a stretch by it reminds me of how striders look like they have dongs
[QUOTE=ironman17;33462729]I dunno if they should be humanoid; they can easily be knocked down. Maybe if they were like small-scale tanks or even taser-toting dirigibles, they wouldn't be so easy to topple and decommision. Unless the inmates work out how to make an EMP using household materials; in which case the machines would be easy prey without some sort of radiation shield or Faraday cage.[/QUOTE]Have them come in a box shape and able to transform into a giant walking turret.
[img]http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/65794/2022108-deus_ex_human_revolution_walkers_super.jpg[/img]
deus ex HR had the right idea