South Korea To Test Robot Prison Guards
South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has announced that it is testing robotguards in prisons. The one-month trial will be conducted at a prison in thecity of Pohang, located southeast of capital Seoul, starting March 2012. Theproject is expected to cost one billion won (about $ 863,000).The robot guards are designed to patrol prison corridors and monitorconditions inside the cells. If the robots detect signs of sudd...