In a dark night in the desert, a man held in a rifle with furious, hiding in a bush. He focused on the things in front of him but barely noticed a robotic arm was creeping beside him. And all of a sudden, the robot disarmed the furious man.
This is not a scene from Sci-fi movie, but a real thing happened in Antelope Valley. The local police were contorted with a murder suspect and successfully disarm the suspect with a robot, arresting the man.
Photo courtesy: inside.com.tw/ Oct.1 2016 http://www.inside.com.tw/2016/09/19/la-county-sheriff-bomb-robots
The suspect was chased by the police when he killed a man and robbed two men on the night of 9/8. The police employed a helicopter and an armored car, forced the suspect ran to the dam. However, with the cover of bushes and barbed wire, the suspect refused to surrender. He confronted with the police for 6 hours.
Photo courtesy: inside.com.tw/ Oct.1 2016 http://www.inside.com.tw/2016/09/19/la-county-sheriff-bomb-robots
Finally, the police designed a strategy to end this chase by employing a robot. The robot found the hiding spot of the suspect and knew the rifle was underneath the suspect. To disarm the suspect, the police decided to distract the suspect by talking to him with the bullhorn, moving the car closer to him and fly to a helicopter above his head.
Meanwhile, at the back of the suspect, a robot was creeping to him. It stole the rifle with its robotic arm without notifying the suspect. After that, the police soon brought the rifle to them and clear the wire with a robot. At that time, the suspect finally realized that his rifle was disappeared, and surrendered to the police.
The robot that completes this mission is a USD 300,000 robot. It is normally functioned as bomb disposal robot, but this time, it is the critical role in this conflict.
Photo courtesy: inside.com.tw/ Oct.1 2016 http://www.inside.com.tw/2016/09/19/la-county-sheriff-bomb-robots
Robots that engaged in conflicts are not the first time. They can disarm the criminal so that the police don’t need to risk their lives to take down the criminal. Maybe in the future, our police and army will be robots, and no one needs to risk their lives for protecting others.
Referece:http://www.inside.com.tw/2016/09/19/la-county-sheriff-bomb-robots