South Korean robot prison guards: R2-D2 maybe, not the Terminator

[ellisonz]

December 5, 2011 | 8:04 pm

REPORTING FROM SEOUL -- Think of it more as R2-D2 than the Terminator.

South Korea is ready to wheel out its latesSouth Korean prison guard robott weapon in the war against crime: a 5-foot-tall, four-wheeled prison guard robot that will patrol the behind-bars hallways of penal institutions, even assess the mental states of prisoners.

This won’t be just any new guard to join the team. There will be no breaks, no demands for higher pay, no unprovoked attacks and not even a chance of accepting a bribe.

As South Korea battles Japan for supremacy in robot technology, designers have invented what they call a team of “friendly robots” that will not just guard prisoners but keep an eye on their well-being to boot.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/asia/

Maybe we can reprogram Grovelbot to patrol the gungeon? :spank:

[HopeHoops]

1. Looks a bit like Wall-E.

[ellisonz]

2. Watch the next one they come up with is Freak-E

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