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Remember the wobbly white sphere sentry that kept Patrick McGoohan a prisoner in the cult series of the same name? Well, here is a slightly more robust and capable modern version.
The Rotundus Groundbot can nip along at an impressive rate and would seem ideal for patroling large flat areas.
Maybe they could roam the strees of our towns and cities after dark as an additional security measure.
The could be mounted with paintguns loaded with indelible dye ammunition to further help identify miscreants.

Find out more about these globular automatons here.

Graphic artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi has taken inspiration for his bright and fantastic creations from the smallest of organic forms. His may creations have been put on display in Japan and, for me, capture something very Japanese in their form and colour.
There are more images at the Japanese language Robot Watch site.

It sounds like something Wil Smith’s “I Robot” character would find of interest.  But this is no fiction, it’s a real world company recently set up by dot com teenage millionaire Ben Way, now in his 20s.

The very slick but content light WAR Defense website has some rather groovy doors-meets-simcity background music and a few pointers on what is under development.

The ELECTRIC STORM-AX1 for example is “A simple to use microwave high energy device that disrupts and destroys nearby electrical systems”.  And the “AI Robo-virus real time infiltration, adaptation and reporting” product sounds just the thing for dealing with the hostile robot hordes of the future.

Yes, it’s all airware at present, and you may never see any actual products you can actually hold and threaten an AI with, but I, for one, am appreciative of the tiny windows on the future such ventures and visionaries provide us with.