European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 moving Day at Netz Aberg first residents arrive at Grafen ohrs new housing area by Seth Robson stars and stripes Germany the first residents Are moving in to an 830home Mili tary housing area built for some of the thousands of troops that will arrive at Grafe Wohr As the army closes other installations in Europe Over the next few the of Post Community the largest civilian or military hous ing project under Way in Europe will include Middle and elementary schools due to open next a child development Cen a Gas station and a shop Pette and will have its own Access Road to Grafen ohrs main last week Netz Aberg was a flurry of activity As the first families took delivery of House hold goods and set up their new on Friday 2nd cavalry Stryker regiment Soldier staff Thomas Murphy stood amongst piles of Brown card Board boxes and discarded wrap Ping paper As movers helped his family Settle into a three bed three Story Row House on who is preparing to de ploy to Iraq with the rest of 2nd Cav in arrived in Germany three weeks ago with wife Nikky and daughters and 14 the family shipped their be longings from the in the goods arrived in Grafe Wohr on monday and they had the House by he housing helped us out a because of the deployment i guess they Are trying to get every one he the Netz Aberg housing looks a lot like an american neighbor Murphy adding that Hes glad Hes not living in some of the older on Post housing at just Down the Street another 2nd Cav Mitchell has just moved into a three bedroom duplex with his and their two kids 7 and the who arrived in Ger Many a year ago with the bulk of the moved to Netza erg on tuesday and were still arranging their belongings on Fri Gretchen Griffin they have been on a waiting list to get into Netz Aberg since they got making do with a third floor stairwell apartment on Post at she in the stairwell we were with a Bunch of single people who were partying All the time and it was really its More Fame a oriented she the new House also has a lot More storage space than the along with a garage and a and we dont have to go up and Down a million stairs to get to our Gretchen Griffin Grace Griffin appeared just As pleased As her Mother with the new i like the playroom Down i have a lot of toys and i can just put them Down i didst have enough room at the old they had to be in a Clos she other appealing features in clude a nearby Park and Safe streets where children can ride Gretchen Griffin we Are excited about the this is by far the Best military housing weve been she the Griffins nextdoor neigh Bors Brad also from 2nd his and their 7monthold Braden moved in on the family had just come to Grafe Wohr from where they lived in an of Post rent Al Tammy Williams we came Here Early to get on the list because we heard it was a six month we were kind of surprised to get a House so we didst know Netz Aberg was going to open so she the Best thing about the Netza photos by Seth stars and stripes above second cavalry Stryker regiment Soldier staff Thomas Murphy stands among piles of Brown cardboard boxes As movers help his family Settle into a Row House in a new of Post Community for left spouse Tammy Williams kisses her 7monthold on Friday at their new House in erg House is a Yard for the family she the Best thing about the neigh boyhood is living close to other families of deploying she ill be around americans who Are and have the i  have had that off she email Seth Robson at  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 partner ship announced thursday with 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 Mak ing the this in no Way is giving the robot the capability to use Force on its financial terms of the partner ship were not the companies said they have devel oped a Model that will be demonstrated at a conference Taser John robot is holding in Chi Cago on july the Model pairs robots exist ing 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 a version of its track wheeled Talon robot that can be fitted with a Taser with laser Dot aiming e used by thou Sands of Law enforcement Agen is an electric stun gun designed to help officers sub due violent suspects without nightsticks or some critics con tend the weapon can be particularly on suspects who use drugs or suffer from heart Taser International and police counter that no weapon is and that tasers 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 hostage situations and unruly he also expects they could supplement or even re place human guards patrolling 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