A week is a long time in politics—particularly when considering whether it’s okay to grant robots the right to kill humans on the streets of San Francisco. In late November, the city’s board of ...

In late November, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors had approved a proposal that would allow the city's police force to use remote-controlled robots as a deadly force option when faced with violent ...

It would seem bold of me to suggest that I, a humble USA TODAY columnist, singlehandedly saved America from a killer robot apocalypse. But it’s true, and I’m not one to hide from the truth. (I’m far ...

The issue of armed police robots is a contentious one. And while the U.S. is pulling back from the idea, Nigeria’s national police have just received their first shipment of armed drones from Turkey.

San Francisco officials voted unanimously Tuesday against a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for deadly force, reversing course days after initial approval of the policy ...

Imagine a future where we share our world with walking, talking humanoid robots. It's not hard; we've all seen it in science fiction. But could it be just around the corner? Well, a report recently ...