Should the Police Have Robot Suicide-Bombers?

Author(s): Patrick LinPublication Date: July 11, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThis is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.
Last week, the Dallas police killed a suspected gunman with a bomb-delivering robot. It was a desperate measure for desperate times: five law enforcement officers were killed and several more wounded before the shooter was finally cornered.