Japanese security robot nets intruders

January 22, 2009
A security man checks the bags of a shopper

A security man checks the bags of a shopper in a Paris store. Japanese companies have unveiled a security robot that can be operated remotely by cellphone and launch a net to capture an intruder.

Japanese companies on Thursday unveiled a security robot that can be operated remotely by cellphone and launch a net to capture an intruder.



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Jan 22, 2009

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Did a third grader write this article? The top picture has nothing to do with the bottom picture and the title of the article references the ability of the robot to net an intruder but the body of the article says nothing about it...

Towchain
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"Oh no, I've been captured by something that I can easily pick up and smash into pieces! How will I possibly escape!"
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