A member of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, remotely controls a Boston Dynamics "Spot" canine-like robot at the 2025 Hannover Messe industrial trade fair on March 31, 2025, in Hanover, ...

When SWAT is called out, seconds matter and so does distance. Round Rock Police have a teammate built to take the first step, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When Dallas Police improvised the use of a remote control robot to blow up a shooter, it was heralded as a new frontier for law enforcement. While that may have been the first time a ...

Drug smugglers beware. Indonesia has a new unit of robot police officers to strike fear in the hearts of even the most hardened criminals. The Indonesian National Police, or Polri, paraded 25 ...

Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc., is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like “Uptown Funk.” But beyond its playful antics, Spot’s ability to climb stairs and ...

A police force is the first in the United Kingdom to trial a futuristic robot dog to hunt criminals. Nottinghamshire Police say the remote-controlled robo-dog - which can climb stairs and see in the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Supervisors in San Francisco held a heated debate Tuesday over whether to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations, ...

The robot was sent in only after negotiations failed, police say. FBI investigators look over the crime scene in Dallas, July 8, 2016, following a Thursday night shooting incident that killed five ...

Oakland police are pushing to add something new to their arsenal: robots with shotguns. Although police insist they would be used only when all other options had been exhausted, the plan is still ...

A robot was sworn in as a Kentucky State Trooper Aug. 6, 1984 at the state capitol in Frankfort. The robot, which was donated by the Chevron Corp. at a cost of $14,750, was used to teach traffic ...

This past July, Dallas police used a ground robot to kill a man who had killed five police officers in a mass shooting. The incident kicked off a national discussion about lethal robots and what role ...