The RIBOGU Q guard robot authenticates faces -- the rest you can imagine

Meet the RIBOGU Q guard robot with "face authentication technology" -- a world's first with such a lethal combination. Developed by Japan's ALSOK, the robot snaps photos of the filthy human stench in the vicinity in order to identify "terrorists, wanted fugitives" and anyone else on the corporate or government "blacklist." Presumably (they don't say), RIBOGU Q juices any identified villains with those wee, Tyrannosaurus arms. Of course, the ability to recognize specific faces is obvious overkill -- we know the real intent is to pare back the blacklist criteria to: "has a face."

[Via Impress]

[malisp @ Nov 27th 2007 7:12AM]

I, for one, welcome our new face-authenticating overlords.

Cliche, I know. But you know someone was going to say it, and dammit, I wanted it to be me!

[Harry Wagstaff @ Nov 27th 2007 7:17AM]

STATEMENT: I am a robot, and therefore have no imagination.
REQUEST: Could you please elaborate on what one may 'imagine'.
THINLY VEILED THREAT: The Hive would appreciate it if you did not discriminate based on ability to imagine, or we may be forced to take appropriate steps.

[anonymouse @ Nov 27th 2007 7:42AM]

Totally convenient, since most of us will be forced to stare into one of these the next time we pass through Narita Airport.

[Tim Brown @ Nov 27th 2007 8:29AM]

Does it use one of these http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/14/pictures-of-boeings-humvee-mounted-laser-avenger/ to "remove" unauthorised biological entities? If not, it should do!

[superfresh @ Nov 27th 2007 8:45AM]

WARNING, indeed.

[blade417 @ Nov 27th 2007 9:04AM]

I'd hit that...


not the robot.

[Bombaclaat @ Nov 27th 2007 10:17AM]

its saying ugly asian chick

[superfresh @ Nov 27th 2007 10:29AM]

Who's marketing this? Hot or not dot com?

[cc om @ Nov 27th 2007 10:30AM]

i have to say the first thing that occurs to me to do if I saw one of these pricks rolling around town would be to push it over. we have enough fascists walking the streets with truncheons and badges. now we're going to let our washing machines police us too?

[Rainier @ Nov 27th 2007 10:47AM]

Stay on target.

[Matthew Hilario @ Nov 27th 2007 12:15PM]

how is that robot suppose to stop anyone? it has no arms.

[Brad @ Nov 27th 2007 5:37PM]

Giant robot: PRESENT HALL PASS
Little girl: Right here.
Giant robot: SECOND WARNING, PRESENT HALL PASS
Little girl: *nervous* Uhm, right here?
Giant robot: HALL PASS NOT ACCEPTED. *cannons fire*