Robotic Guards Will Soon Patrol South Korean Prison

I find is so humanly bizarre in making a robot as a security card or military soldier it is both cute, pretty and oh so deadly!

Still, when the writer says above “.... a friendly face and who knows what sorts of pain rays and other implements...." I do not know if they will be equipped with weapons or the writer is using her own imagination?

I wonder what they will look like in a few months, after some vandalism. They are equal to a snitch and I bet this will be frown upon by the inmates and provoke a response to the robot guard.

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Science sees no further than what it can sense.
Religion sees beyond the senses.

That robot looks more equipped for a day care than a prison.

Personally I think I would have made the thing scary looking... maybe like a giant spider - everyone hates giant spiders. No one would want to go to jail if they knew they would be guarded by giant evil mechanical spiders.

Evil spider drones aside, It sounds like this robot is going to be used for little more than additional surveillance, which doesn't really justify the price tag IMO.

That said, I can think of a few prisons in the US where these would be a welcome site. A robot could potentially save lives by keeping guards distanced from dangerous inmates, and this most certainly does justify the loss of $800,000 in jail funds.

USA has the largest prison system. It is government's goal of putting it's population in prison.

There is something darkly comedic about a happy-faced robot tasering and pepper-spraying humans into submission. Imagine Transformers replaced by cute stylized bunnies and kittens and you get something like...

THE STAY-PUFT MARSHMALLOW MAN!!!

... from Ghostbusters.

Seriously though, it is difficult to imagine how democracy and capitalism can function when robots are smarter and more capable than an 8th grader. I suspect humanity is going to endure far greater change in the next hundred years than it had in its entire existence.

They should paint the Robot black; make it as functional and ominous as possible. Extend the camera housing out to be really long, to imitate a canon or rifle barrel.

Traditionally electronic security systems are supposed to increase security, while reducing cost of having to pay a guard. For these Robots and a total cost of $864,000, I am skeptical of it really being justified, other than proving R&D, if it's possible. I also see, the cost of these units going up, not lower as they add weapons and better defense armor.

First Robotic prison guard; then Robotic police, we already have autonomous drones; it’s just a matter of time until SKYNET creates its war and have its WAR Robots.

The current cuteness is just a disguise as SKYNET does its initial R&D and building of its army, while getting us to pay for it all.

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I am just so Qurious!

"surender or i will be forced to KILL you please" with a happy smile on its face...
cant get creepier... ^^ love it !

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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^

This Robotic basic programming came from its initial being installed at a Day Care and having to learn to survive on a day to day basis with those sweet little toddlers.

Once it was proven it could last with little Angels, it graduated to be a prison guard, lol.

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I am just so Qurious!

I like the giant mechanical spider guards idea, fangs loaded with venom and all

YEA!! but i think we should make the bots more feminine looking to keeps the inmates spirits high.

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@Grunt, Quasiplasma

i wonder why you both have the same identical quote

"I am just so Qurious!"
are you two the same people? i bet you are both related to bubbagump

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- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

@JediMindset,
I really have no idea how that could of happen, I do a lot of copy and paste into Word first, before posting. I must of just made a mistake of sorts. It just leaves me so Qurious too?

By way, who is bubbagump? I am only several weeks old.
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On the article, I feel I should be able to go into Toys R US and buy this Robot. Then Toys R US can also have a weapon counter and I can choose what weapon it can have. This Robot can be a Home Family Protection Robot, play with the children and do domestic choirs too.

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I am just so Qurious!

@Jedimindset

Oh yes, and then we can may it dispense soft drinks and give directions and play pong and.... Oh wait, its a prison.

@Quasiplasma

"Large or small?"

"large please, and hold the incendiaries"

"Would you like frags with that, sir?"

"Umm... sure"

"Large or small"

"Large"

"Thank you sir, your order will be ready soon"

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"Order number 23!? 23!"

Wow that thing looks like a robot nanny. What if it malfunctions when public enemy number one is escaping? No matter what, do you see any weapons? Neithet do I. Oh yeah, it looks like its a baloon.

@Quasiplasma

i still think that you are all the same person. maybe a bad case of split personality? nonetheless i find your posts hilarious. bubbagump was a member that had a bad habit of posting on every single article. i personally had nothing against him but other member disliked him with a passion. from the looks of it bubbagumps legacy continues to live on.

@NoOneYouKnow
LMAO!

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- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

JediMindset,
I will be completely honest with you and I hope you write a personal email for me. ( I HOPE YOU DO! )

I am a married man. I am married 2 1/2 years now and waiting for my wife to come to USA. I do not do drugs or go to bars. I am just a simple man that spends my life at my home. I have a tiny dog. Originally you saw often pictures o my little dog on POPSCI. I am a veteran and a patriot. I work hard and am constant support of my wife. I spend much of my time on the internet. I communicate as much as possible with my wife, phone, internet, seeing her.
USA was born a land of immigrants and does supports immigrants too. I am all for the laws or our land. As BubbaGump, I comment often on this website. I adore POPSCI. I do support there rules on this blog. I do believe at one point of time I commented to often and I also was bullied too. POPSCI knows I was bullied, the evidence is there.
So, BubbaGump was banned.
I very much know how to get around this and post often as I want. I have no ego that needs icons or logins. In reality this is all foolishness, since we are anonymous.
Still, I respect POPSCI and have no desire to be rude, bad or abusive and off topic. I do often put humor toward the topics, but they are in fact ON TOPIC and so it goes.
As I write tonight of all this, this login will be banned, blocked as I have endured over and over again. The list is long...lol.
I respectfully ask POPSCI to stop blocking my residence and allow me to post as typical as any other person by your rules of POPSCI, please.
It is has been a long long long wait for my wife to come to USA. She is from Brazil, she speaks 5 languages. I love and adore her. She is amazing!
Well, I try often to be correct and honest and real.
Take care and hey, YEA MY WIFE IS COMING TO USA!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!
MERRY ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUBBAGUMP.... he can continue to be banned. I stand by POPSCI!
I Hope they allow me to be natural, from my hope and create a new login and post on POPSCI normal!
Thank you!

Most likely say good bye to Quasiplasma, lol.
GOD BLESS TO ALL and to all that are non religouse,
I JUST MEAN WONDERFUL GOOD THINGS POSITIVE FOR YOU!

We are a LONG way off from robots like on i-robot or terminator movies. Where the robots could hurt us for real and you wouldn't want to get close to them. Today's/Tomorrow's Robots can be ripped apart/damaged significantly by human hands so no major threat nor any threat any time soon. I think some people live too much in the movie's sometimes and not enough in reality!

The real issue is when the military puts guns in the hands of automated robots; there are going to be situations were things go wrong. In saying that human male soldiers tend to go wrong allot in combat causing harm, so hard to tell if we'll be worse off with robots.

I look forward to having robot workers, will be able to build entire cities with the aid of 24/7 work force that has very small margin for error and low maintenance costs (comparatively speaking that is).

@Quasiplasma

lol. i understand. i hope they allow you to return one day. i like your dog. continue to being yourself. i enjoy your presence.

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The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

Did we learn nothing from Terminator ?

Those things are just going to get ripped apart and honed into shanks.

If I were a guard in control of those I'd pester the hell out of the inmates. How funny would it be to see a group of inmates conducting some sort of gang activity and you take your robot and bump into them repeatedly. And they can't do anything because it would be destruction of property. Maybe add some Arnold Soundboards to its arsenal.

@prime2011, guess you didn’t read the PETMAN article? I don’t think we are a long way off at all. Maybe 50 years.

I’m usually against robots replacing humans in the workforce (in a capitalistic society). But this is a good idea, prison guards are more corrupt and violent than the prisoners (Rick Ross). This should curb the opportunistic, predatory behavior of prison guards. When force is eventually used, at least the robots won’t be getting twisted sadistic pleasure out of it.

And they days of Asimov’s laws are long gone. The most sophisticated robots are now being built to break all of those laws.

A prison guard robot without a big black boot to stomp on someone's neck with? I ain't buyin' it. Just plain unrealistic.