Robots have already been used to kill - but could they become ore widespread? (Getty) In July 2016, police officers in Dallas used a bomb-equipped robot to kill a sniper who had earlier ambushed and ...

Police have used drones and robots over the years for purposes ranging from getting an eye-in-the-sky view of accidents to remotely tear-gassing a hard-to-reach suspect. Many anticipate police use of ...

Californian communities are facing the prospect of "killer robot cops" policing their streets, activists have warned. In a letter shared with Newsweek, ACLU California Action, an organization ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Supervisors in San Francisco held a heated debate Tuesday over whether to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations, ...

This past July, Dallas police used a ground robot to kill a man who had killed five police officers in a mass shooting. The incident kicked off a national discussion about lethal robots and what role ...

Unperturbed by the dystopian optics, the Royal Thai Police have deployed a humanoid police robot during a festival. As the Straits Times reports, the unsettling robot, dubbed "AI police cyborg 1.0" — ...

Drug smugglers beware. Indonesia has a new unit of robot police officers to strike fear in the hearts of even the most hardened criminals. The Indonesian National Police, or Polri, paraded 25 ...

Portland area police agencies now have a $150,000 robot “dog” at their disposal for bomb disposal, hostage situations and other scenarios that could be too dangerous to send a human. The Boston ...

Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc., is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like “Uptown Funk.” But beyond its playful antics, Spot’s ability to climb stairs and ...