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Neat - Autonomous Robots With Weapons Strapped To Them

Roombas Packing Heat

Apparently, somewhere between the transition from social Darwinism to a full-on welfare state, the human race lost the will to survive. Ergo, this:

What do you get when you combine a robotic vacuum cleaner and a taser? You get automated pain, that's what. Roomba-maker iRobot, Inc. and Taser have been hard at work on a less family-friendly robot for police and the military, and it sure as hell won't clean your floors.

The floor-cleaning reference is an allusion to iRobot's line of vacuuming and floor scrubbing robots - or as they're referred to in our studio, Rosie the Roomba and Daphne II the Scooba. Mock them if you're so inclined, but you should know that their cousins apparently pack heat.

References:
* Taser robot won't take any crap from anyone [SCI-FI Tech]

Previously:
* Neat - Israeli Sand Art [Video]
* Neat - 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art [Video]
* Neat - Liquid Moon Mirrors

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