First execution of a human by a robot? Well, kinda…

September 15th, 2009 :: 1 Comment

::proof sent by SonofNero::

SonofNero sent in a link to a story that happened in Australia in 2008, so it’s a little old, but still an interesting topic.

It is interesting because it involves a robot actually killing someone.  That’s right, a robot murdered a human in cold blood.  Why didn’t this get more press?  Mainly because the murderbot was being controlled by a man.  Francis Tovey of Canberra, Australia had built the robot in response to his family members constantly demanding that he move into an assisted care home.  All of their requests made Tovay suicial, so he went to his computer looking for answers.

…Tovey scoured the Internet for information on making a robot capable for firing a semi-automatic gun pointed at his head.

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