Whether you agree or disagree with Dallas police blowing up a gunman with a “bomb robot,” the fact that domestic police deployed a killer robot potentially changed everything about policing.

After shooter suspect Micah Johnson killed five cops, Dallas police said they used the robot Remotec Model F-5; the cops put about one pound of C4 on the claw and arm extension before using a detonation cord when the robot closed in on the 25-year-old suspect.

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“The era of robocop has begun,” warned Techdirt’s Mike Masnick. But could military-style tech, such as robots, be used in police situations to remotely capture, not just kill, suspects? Are we headed toward a future in which every cop car comes equipped with a taser-wielding robot?  

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