NewScientistTech has a very short article, but an important one, about plans from Taser International of Arizona to begin arming robots with taser guns. The idea would be to sell these death-bots to police departments for use on civilians.

Check this quote from security guru Neil Davison:

“The victim would have to receive shocks for longer, or repeatedly, to give police time to reach the scene and restrain them, which carries greater risk to their health,” warns non-lethal weapons researcher Neil Davison, of the University of Bradford, UK.

Right, so here is how I see this playing out, the robot is wheeling down the street, catches me jaywalking, and commences to mercilessly taser me so as to keep me at the scene of the crime until police can arrive to issue me a ticket. Unfortunately, the cops are busy, and when they finally arrive eight hours later, they find the robot hunched over my dead body, watching as my corpse jerks around like a marionette on a string from the repeated electrical shocks.

How often do I have to say it, DON’T GIVE THE ROBOTS WEAPONS!!!!!