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- Invented by bar owner Rufus Terrill
- Made completely of used parts
- The person controlling can speak through the robot through walkie-talkie
- The camera on the bot transmits back to a big-screen television
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The Bum Bot is a remote-controlled robot designed to chase away loiterers. Among the robot's security features are video camera, a speaker and a powerful water cannon, all of which are mounted in a rotating turret. The turret sits atop a small treaded wheel housing reminiscent to a tank. The person controlling the Bum Bot can issue warnings from the loudspeaker and use the water cannon on anyone who doesn't comply. It has proven to be effective to this end, already having chased homeless people and drug dealers from inventor Rufus Terrell's property.
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Bum Bot Inventor
57-year old Rufus Terrell is an ex-Marine and trained as an environmental engineer. He bought his downtown Atlanta bar, O'Terrill's, in 2004. He attempted to scare off people loitering around his bar by brandishing an automatic weapon, putting up spotlights, and other means before he built the remote-controlled Bum Bot.Bum Bot Controversy
Criticism for the Bum Bot has come from many quarters: neighborhood activists are unhappy with its presence and have threatened to protest, advocates for the homeless question Terrill's motives, and even roboticists have noted that Bum Bot plays on anxiety about robots used for policing, and is not a good example of what robots can do for people. Terrill asserts that it has increased police presence and has been a boon to the community.
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Bum Bot Questions
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There are really bot accounts on Twitter? 1 AnswerYes, there are many twitter bots. A Mashable article claims that a study reported that "24% of all tweets come from bots". (http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/twit... read more -
Twitter bot for storing numbers 1 AnswerI'm not familiar with Twitter, but if you want a set of random numbers, random.org is the place to go. It uses atmospheric noise as the seed for its random numb... read more -
In the movie Superbad, what did the bum on the bus call Fogel?No, I have not proper idea about it but If you want to watch this movie you can also search on www.moviewatchlist.com. I watche dmany movie on this website. It ... read more -
What games are there for 360/PS3 that support 4 player splitscreen and have bots? 1 AnswerThe only game for the Xbox 360 that I can think of would be Perfect Dark Zero...and when you also look at the achievements, any of the multiplayer ones can be e... read more
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@dorkanator ^.^ aww..are you lonely ..do you need a buddy! bum bot is very lonely! haha!
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@thatswedishgirl A Bum-bot I could handle.
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@VoiVoiVoi or a bum-bot..
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No doubt I'll get a Star Wars twitter-bot following me after that tweet. Or this one. *shudder* Or possibly a 'No Doubt' fan. Bum.
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@jules792000 If I don't win, it's gotta be me - not the #luckofnoodles or the deer army, or the super deer-bot, or the santa hat on my bum
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