Stanford CIS

Police use of lethal robots sparks crime-fighting debate

By Peter Asaro on

Hours after gunman Micah Johnson ambushed police officers in downtown Dallas, he was killed by a bomb strapped on a police robot. Robots in the past have stopped a lot of dangerous situations, but using a robot to kill - that was a first for a domestic police force. Kris Van Cleave reports on the ethical questions about the use of robots to kill suspects.

Affiliate Scholar Peter Asaro is interviewed.

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