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Bum Bot on Patrol

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Military.com has an interesting story about a "bum bot" that rolls around an Atlanta neighborhood:

Cars passing O'Terrill's pub screech to a halt at the sight of a 300-pound, waist-high robot marked "SECURITY" rolling through downtown long after dark.

The regulars hardly glance outside. They've seen bar owner Rufus Terrill's invention on patrol before - its bright red lights and even brighter spot light blazing, infrared video camera filming and water cannon at the ready in the spinning turret on top.

"You're trespassing. That's private property," Terrill scolds an older man through the robot's loudspeaker. The man is sitting at the edge of the driveway to a child care center down the street. "Go on."

The man's hands go up and he shuffles into the shadows. Almost immediately, a group of men behind him scatters too.

The Bum Bot's reputation, it seems, has preceded it.

The electronic vigilante - on the beat since September - has enraged neighborhood activists, who have threatened protests. Street people say it's intimidating. And homeless advocates question the intentions of its inventor, who uses the Bum Bot as a marketing tool and a political prop.

Read the rest of the article here.

-- Ward

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Posted by: 弓弩 at September 14, 2008 07:02 AM


install them at the borders with the fenceless cams networks. Deterring while notifying INS in remote locations. A color change is necessary. I have pics of the design. I also have a helli that can shoot several types of non lethal rounds or pepper gas or tear gas from a distance for deterrance while monitoring. If necessary it can convert to regular rounds as well.

Posted by: 111 at April 29, 2008 06:01 PM


Colbert Report got it spot on.

Posted by: Right on at April 28, 2008 09:08 PM


Here's the 64,000 dollar question, can it go down stairs?
(Robocop reference for those of you who don't have a life)

Posted by: Pantera at April 28, 2008 10:26 AM


How long till me Nelson and Kerny trash one dude?

Posted by: Jimbo Jones at April 26, 2008 03:12 PM


Lets use em on the Border BUT Live ammo & guns OR
use in Riots OR
in LA CA gang zones.
But armed & armored.
Mini Flame thrower, grenade launcher, PA & Foam cannon.
Produce 100, 200 alone.
Use in Iraq.
Mass produce Bum Bot.
Use cattle prod & PA & water cannon.
Scent spray to remove urine etc odor alone.
Every city must have BumBots.

Only Idd add these in a CD Unit for robot:
Move Ya Bum
Go to Mexico
See the local Democratic Psrty office for housing
Piss in the Capitol Bldg.
Leave America, GO Home

Now thats a BumBot.

Posted by: stephen russell at April 25, 2008 10:08 PM


We need more phaser rifle armed killer robots & cyborg "super" soldiers.

Posted by: Roy Smith at April 25, 2008 06:26 PM


Colbert Report had a feature on this for Thursday nights show.

Posted by: Swamp at April 25, 2008 05:18 PM


Better yet if it had a working firearm built in.

We need more killbots!

Posted by: Wes at April 25, 2008 09:32 AM


Sweet...I want one.

Buy hundreds of them and let them patrol the border...really ought to piss off the Mexicans.

Posted by: coolhand77 at April 25, 2008 09:29 AM


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