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What does Dallas's 'bomb robot' mean for the future of policing?
"“We use the predator drone to target people overseas, and now we see the police force using a [robot] to target someone in a US city, and that catches peo…
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Why It's Legal for Police to Kill With a Robot
"According to University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo, the situation doesn’t give rise to any new legal issues, but is unsettling for a different…
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The Legal and Ethical Ramifications of Letting Police Kill Suspects With Robots
"“It is essentially a jury-rigged version of a drone strike,” Ryan Calo, a University of Washington School of Law professor specializing in cyber and robot…
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Bomb kill by robot a shift in police use
"Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California at Davis, who specializes in surveillance and technology issues, said she thought the Dalla…
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A conversation on the ethics of Dallas police's bomb robot
"Today we learned the Dallas police used a bomb disposal robot to deliver and detonate an explosion, killing the suspect in last night's shooting. It w…
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In an apparent first, Dallas police used a robot to deliver bomb that killed shooting suspect
"The way the robot was used in the Dallas case is likely legally no different from sending an officer in to shoot a hostile suspect, according to Universit…
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Bomb Robots: What Makes Killing In Dallas Different And What Happens Next?
""Given how many police [departments] have robots and given how versatile they are and the various uses to which they've been put, including in ho…
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Dallas police used a robot to kill a gunman, a new tactic that raises ethical questions
"As police departments acquire more robots that were once seen only in war zones, civilian law enforcement officers are pushing into territory forged by th…
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When Can Police Use a ‘Bomb Robot’ to Kill a Suspect?
"“The situation definitely raises interesting questions,” said Peter Asaro, an assistant professor at the New School for Public Engagement in New York City…
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Use of robot to kill Dallas gunman spurs debate over killer tech
"“Using bombs in general is pretty unheard of in policing, rather than a firearm,” said Peter Asaro, co-founder and vice chair of the International Committ…
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When Police Use Robots to Kill People
"While the Dallas event is also an outlier, the worry is that it could be a harbinger. "I hope they don’t start designing a whole series of police-arm…
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DALLAS: Using remote-controlled robot to kill suspect may be a first
"But Peter Asaro, an assistant professor at the New School in New York City and a co-founder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, wondere…