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Welcome to Episode 101 of The Robot Report Podcast, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Join us every week for discussions with main roboticists, progressive robotics firms and different key members of the robotics neighborhood.
In this episode we discussing San Francisco’s voting round its police division having the ability to use robots with deadly drive in emergencies. After initially voting 8-3 in favor of cops utilizing robots with deadly for as a last-ditch effort, San Francisco supervisors reversed course on Tuesday and unanimously voted to briefly ban its police division from utilizing robots with deadly drive. The problem is being despatched again to a committee for additional dialogue and might be voted on once more sooner or later.
After final week’s 8-3 vote, I spoke to Paul Scharre, vice chairman and director of research on the Center for a New American Security. He beforehand labored within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) the place he performed a number one position in establishing insurance policies round unmanned and autonomous programs and rising weapons applied sciences.
In the interview, Paul particulars his work on the OSD and describes the method they went via to develop insurance policies across the aforementioned points. Paul and I dive into what’s occurring in San Francisco and how one can enhance the method of debating, creating and implementing insurance policies round arming law enforcement officials with robots with deadly drive in emergencies. Paul additionally shared his ideas on how the robotics business may higher assist with these kind of points going ahead.
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