On December 6, officials in San Francisco reversed a previous decision and voted to temporarily ban the police department from deploying robots able to use lethal force. Many U.S. departments ...

Police officials have decided not to pursue approval to use lethal armaments on its robot. The department currently has a robot fitted with a percussion actuated nonelectric disrupter, which can ...

San Francisco’s board of supervisors have reversed a controversial policy allowing police to use remote-controlled robots to kill suspects. Critics said the policy could potentially encourage ...

San Francisco had been considering a policy to allow police robots to use deadly force in certain extreme cases. The Board of Supervisors sent the issue back to a committee for further discussion.