Singapore — Singapore has trialed patrol robots that blast warnings at people engaging in "undesirable social behavior," adding to an arsenal of surveillance technology in the tightly controlled ...

Last week, officials in San Francisco decided to scrap a plan that would have allowed law enforcement to use robots in situations that may require “deadly force.” Specifically, according to the ...

Robot police officers will be patrolling our streets in just five years, an expert has predicted. The real-life 'robocops' will be able to detect, pursue and apprehend suspects, according to Professor ...

What does the future hold? In our new series “Imagining the Next Future,” Polygon explores the new era of science fiction — in movies, books, TV, games, and beyond — to see how storytellers and ...

ROBOTS could soon fight criminals — like in the 1980s movie Robocop, say scientists. They reckon machines will be deployed by police for law enforcement within two years, improving efficiency and ...

Boston Dynamics' robocop and other similar weaponized machines will not be created, confirmed by the American robotics company. Award recipient SpotMini Boston Dynamics Marc Raibert's dog-like robot ...