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appalachiablue

(41,103 posts) Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:20 PM Feb 2019

Meet Your New Security Guard, A 300 Lb. Robot

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Meet Your New Security Guard, A 300 Lb. Robot (Original Post) appalachiablue Feb 2019 OP

oh oh, I have seen too many movies where something went wrong still_one Feb 2019 #1

Uh, pretty sure I've seen this movie before... Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #2

Exterminate! Exterminate! Thomas Hurt Feb 2019 #3

My first thought as well. (Nt) matt819 Feb 2019 #4

Oops . . . Richard D Feb 2019 #6

Looks strangely like . . . Richard D Feb 2019 #5

google is involved, I think. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2019 #7

What happens if you look at it wrong? tomhagen Feb 2019 #8

Already been covered... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #9

OMG ITS A DALEK!! EXTERMINATE! yuiyoshida Feb 2019 #10

How does it handle dog pee? JHB Feb 2019 #11

Very interesting. Scary as well. PatrickforO Feb 2019 #12

still_one

(92,061 posts)

1. oh oh, I have seen too many movies where something went wrong

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:23 PM

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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

2. Uh, pretty sure I've seen this movie before...

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:24 PM

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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

3. Exterminate! Exterminate!

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:29 PM

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matt819

(10,749 posts)

4. My first thought as well. (Nt)

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:32 PM

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Richard D

(8,741 posts)

6. Oops . . .

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:54 PM

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I posted the same thing.

Richard D

(8,741 posts)

5. Looks strangely like . . .

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 01:53 PM

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A Dalek.
EXTERMINATE!!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

7. google is involved, I think.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 02:39 PM

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the next youtube clip after this one is a promo for the robots, they mention you can link to them via the Chrome browser, which is Google made.

Interesting read about the company here: https://www.knightscope.com/about

Right now their stock is 8.00 a share.

downside.....lots of emphasis on police/ guard function, preying on fear of crime.

tomhagen

(3,604 posts)

8. What happens if you look at it wrong?

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 02:48 PM

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Hassin Bin Sober

(26,311 posts)

9. Already been covered...

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 02:57 PM

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yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)

10. OMG ITS A DALEK!! EXTERMINATE!

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:11 PM

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JHB

(37,154 posts)

11. How does it handle dog pee?

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:31 PM

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You know mutts will be trained to seek and relieve, right?

PatrickforO

(14,558 posts)

12. Very interesting. Scary as well.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2019, 12:17 AM

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But let me just ask a quick question: If there are ten security guards who are replaced by six of these robots and 'three highly trained security guards,' then what will we do with the other seven people - the ones displaced by the robots? How will they live now? What kind of jobs will be out there for them?

AND, concerning the three 'highly trained' security guards, they are going to make SUBSTANTIALLY more money, right? Right?

LAST, just because we can do something, does that always mean we should? I guess from a shareholder profit standpoint this is a great thing. But from a worker standpoint not so much. And, what if one of these things malfunctions and goes after somebody? Could happen.

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