South Korean scientists plan to develop security robots that will guard
public areas and pursue criminals, the head of a government-funded research
centre said this week.
In a separate project, the South Korean government will start to develop
armed military robots this year.
According to plans
announced
in October, the country's defence and information ministries are co-operating on
a five-year $32.4m project to develop a heavily-armed insect-like battlefield
robot armed with a variety of weapons.
The robot will be fitted with six or eight legs with wheeled 'feet' to
allow it to operate on rough terrain.
"The robots will be directed by a remote control system or move autonomously
via their own artificial intelligence systems," Oh Sang-rok, a ministry of
information and communications project manager, told reporters this week.
Korea's government sees robotics as a potential $100bn industry by 2020,
officials said
last month.
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