European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 6 stars and stripes Mideast edition july 2007 coming soon Robo cops and terminators production of armed robots raises questions about possible future uses by Mark Jewell the associated press Boston Robo cops and robot sol Diers got a Little closer to reality thursday As a maker of floor cleaning automatons teamed up with a stun gun manufacturer to Arm track wheeled bots for police and the by adding tasers to robots it already makes for the robot says it Hopes to give soldiers and Law enforcement a nonlethal but some observers fear such develop ments could ultimately Lead to robots Capa ble of deciding on their own when to shoot and its one More step in that said John director of Globa Securi an military research it is not the first step in that but i think at some Point toward the end of the next youre going to Start see ing or a Pike referring to a pair of 1980s robot themed Sci i we May see autonomous robots capable of inflicting lethal Jim vice president for Busi Ness development at said notions of armed robots acting on their own Are far beyond what the company envisions for the partnership announced thursday with Scotts Taser International right we have no plans to take any robot with a lethal weapon approach to the Rymarcsuk for this and All systems we have looked there is a human in the Loop making the this in no Way is giving the robot the capability to use Force on its financial terms of the partnership were not the companies said they have developed a Model that will be demonstrated at a conference Taser is holding in Chicago on july the Model pairs Iro bots existing pack Bot explorer with the Taser x26 in what robot Calls the first robot of its kind with an integrated Taser theres no word when the system will be offered for or for How the system int entirely a precedent Foster Miller a rival of already offers John robot a version of its track wheeled Talon robot that can be fitted with a Taser with laser Dot aiming the used by thousands of Law enforcement is an electric stun gun designed to help officers sub due violent suspects without night Sticks or some critics contend the weapon can be particularly on suspects who use drugs or suffer from heart prob Taser International and police counter that no weapon is and that tas ers actually save lives by helping officers avoid More dangerous for its Taser equipped system will be the first robot capable of using Force to disable a rather than a the 17yearold company is Best known for its Mobile robots for the consumer including the car pet cleaning but Home robots account for Only 60 per cent of the company the rest comes from government and Industrial Cus including the military and versions of robots pack Bot have Dis armed Roadside bombs and searched caves and buildings in Iraq and some scout dangerous areas before sol Diers or emergency responders go with the Taser robot is test ing a new and Treyve found a cheap Way to do said Alex an analyst with the Benchmark the pack Bot youll need software to make it work with the but my guess is they will be Able to achieve Pike at envisions police swat teams and prison guards using Taser equipped robots to Deal with hos Tage situations and unruly he also expects they could supplement or even replace human guards patrolling proper i could see rent Acop companies want ing to buy i can see corrections depart ments wanting to buy because it might be seen As a cos effective alternative to having a human guard patrolling a prime Pike special Ops forces increase focus on indirect action by Richard Lardner the associated press almost six years after the worst attack Ever on special operations commanders believe that simply killing terrorists will not win a War against an ideologically motivated that View is reflected in a series of transitions in special operations leadership new senior officers Are expected to give greater weight to an indirect approach to a slow and disciplined process that Calls for supporting groups or nations willing to Back former defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld turned special operations forces into a giant kill ing said Douglas a former army Colo Nel and frequent critic of the de sense with Rumsfeld gone and Navy vice Eric Olson about to take control of special operations command Macgregor anticipates a return to the fundamentals drilled into army Green Navy seals and other specially trained the emphasis will be if you have to kill then for Wally members of the army special forces watch the perimeter of a compound suspected of holding Al Aida and Taliban forces during a 2002 raid in special operations commanders say simply killing and detaining terrorists is necessary but will not be the decisive blow in a War against an ideologically motivated gods kill the right peo Macgregor in most youre not going to have to kill people and that the great Vir tue of special that been lost Over the last several Olson has been Deputy com Mander since August 2003 army Bryan the com mands top officer for the past four retires from the Mili tary next at defense Industry conferences and in congressional Olson has said the manhunt that grab bad Guys As Well As head lines will continue to be necessary against the nation expects to have forces that can emerge from dark Ness with precision and daring to conduct missions that Are especially demanding and Olson told the Senate armed ser vices committee at his Confirma Tion hearing june but these known As direct Are Means to a broader we understand Well that it is the indirect actions that will be de he through the indirect sup port can be overt or but it always is aimed at eliminating Safe havens for this is done by training foreign Militar supporting surrogate forces or providing Finan Cial and civic backing to areas viewed As possible Breeding grounds for it is not uncommon for a Bat Tler Eady army special forces team to rumble into a Remote Vil Lage and spend most of its time painting drilling Wells and running medical its basically anything that Doest involve combat operations against said Andrew a National defense Spe Toreion women want you meet tries loin s to Kiisk l i i i i is to c re love graduation Teddy bears tall i fast worldwide shipping say you in a big Way f Calist at the congressional re search service in As Admiral Olson has were not going to kill our Way to through a said the command has always emphasized the indirect approach because that is the approach that will ultimately prove More than half a dozen top Spe Cial operations slots Are changing hands Over the next few these moves Are driven by the regular rotation of officers As Well As a better understanding of the complexities of the Type of War we Are involved in Accord ing to Pete a senior lec Turer at the naval postgraduate school in beyond Gustaitis pointed to the upcoming promotions of army David Fridovich and air Force Donald Wurster As both 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