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Welcome to Episode 101 of The Robotic Report Podcast, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Be a part of us every week for discussions with main roboticists, progressive robotics corporations and different key members of the robotics group.

On this episode we discussing San Francisco’s voting round its police division with the ability to use robots with deadly power in emergencies. After initially voting 8-3 in favor of cops utilizing robots with deadly for as a last-ditch effort, San Francisco supervisors reversed course on Tuesday and unanimously voted to quickly ban its police division from utilizing robots with deadly power. The difficulty is being despatched again to a committee for additional dialogue and could possibly be voted on once more sooner or later.

After final week’s 8-3 vote, I spoke to Paul Scharre, vice chairman and director of research on the Middle for a New American Safety. He beforehand labored within the Workplace of the Secretary of Protection (OSD) the place he performed a number one position in establishing insurance policies round unmanned and autonomous techniques and rising weapons applied sciences.

Within the interview, Paul particulars his work on the OSD and describes the method they went by way of to develop insurance policies across the aforementioned points. Paul and I dive into what’s occurring in San Francisco and easy methods to enhance the method of debating, growing and implementing insurance policies round arming law enforcement officials with robots with deadly power in emergencies. Paul additionally shared his ideas on how the robotics trade may higher assist with all these points going ahead.

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