67595 external_news 1308310532 1475893472 The owner of a downtown Atlanta pub is using a homemade, remote-controlled robot to patrol the area and discourage people from loitering. Henrik Christensen, director of Georgia Tech's Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center, says the so-called Bum Bot exploits the anxiety that underlies Hollywood stereotypes of violent robots. Source: The Washington Post.

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