'Bum Bot' shoos loiterers outside Atlanta bar
March 24, 2008 4:00 PM PDT
Bar owner Rufus Terrill has enlisted a rather odd-looking security guard to chase away prostitutes and drug dealers milling about his Atlanta tavern: an R2-D2-like robot called "Bum Bot 2000."
The patchwork device is controlled via remote control and targets law-breakers, reports The Los Angeles Times. But homeless advocates aren't too fond of Terrill's water-squirting Bum Bot.
Read the full Los Angeles Times story: "Robot reports for security duty in Atlanta"
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