Robotwatch 9

A robot gang, earlier today

This just in from "The Age" (Australia's favourite fear-reporting/generating newspaper) .

"Technology such as cloned part-robot humans used by organised crime gangs pose the greatest future challenge to police, along with online scamming, Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says.

"He identified the use of robotics and cloning as future challenges."Our environmental scanning tells us that even with some of the cloning of human beings - not necessarily in Australia but in those countries that are going to allow it - you could have potentially a cloned part-person, part-robot," he said.

Now, just because it's Australia and a long way away, don't go thinking robots can't swim or build ships or planes. They are already building cars, for flip's sake!