Robots will patrol the streets of Lubbock

According to Danger Room:

Armed robots -- similar to the ones now on patrol in Iraq -- are being marketed to domestic police forces, according to the machines' manufacturer and law enforcement officers.  None of the gun-toting 'bots appear to have been deployed domestically,  yet.  Both cops and company officials say it's only a matter of time, however.

And where will they patrol?

In addition to the Massachusetts State Police,  SWAT teams in Houston, San Francisco, and Lubbock, TX all have the robots, according to Foster-Miller spokesperson Cynthia Black.  None of the team have armed the machines, so far.   But Trooper Rogowski, for one, is extremely interested -- especially in equipping the robot with a less-lethal weapon, like a three-shot Taser stun gun.  "That would be phenomenal," he says.

Yes, phenomenal.

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