Wednesday, January 18, 2006

You have ten seconds to comply

Note to self: cancel trip to South Korea

The South Korean government has robot fever, and they're about to unleash a whole army -- literally -- of the mechanized creatures on their public. According to The Korea Times, the country will see the rollout of police and military robots within the next five years, thanks to a newly approved $33.9 million spending appropriation. Patrol bots will guard the streets at night, and even chase criminals, while horse-shaped combat bots will augment the country's fighting force. In both cases, the bots will communicate via Korea's vast mobile network.

Robot Cops to Patrol Korean Streets

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's only costing them $34 million? Does that seem cheap to anyone?