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Monday March 10, 2008 10:48 am

Bar Owner Builds Robocop

Sheila Franklin

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: Misc. Tech, Science

Robotic GuardIn downtown Atlanta, Rufus Terrill didn’t like some of the folk who were hanging around his bar, O’Terrills, so he built himself a simplified robocop which he controls by remote. Consisting of an old meat smoker that he says still smells like chicken, a spotlight, an IR cam, a water cannon and a loudspeaker, the bot stands 4 feet tall and weighs 300 lbs. Apparently the silly looking device is working since Terrill says there is a lot less “action” going on near his tavern. Check out the video to see it put through its paces.


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