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Robo-Mall Cop

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Japanese researchers in Tokyo have devised a robotic mall cop, a two-foot-high security guard on wheels that can track down bad guys running amok on commercial property and disable them with a “Spider-Man” like web. Named the T-34, possibly after the Soviet tank of World War II, these robots weigh about 25 pounds and have a top speed of about 6 mph.




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