There was a company on one of the crowd funding sites a few years ago. They reached their $ goal and then some.
Then they sent cancelled everything and refunded people who had paid directly. They appologised and admitted that they were paid out by another company and given money to not produce their drone.
Writing from a human security guard stand point; there are several levels, there is the guard that is little more than a watchman (who only stands, who watches, and reports…); there are roving security guards who move about acting as a deterrent, but really only report; there are security guards that will take physical action to stop an offender, but carry no weapons; there are security guards that carry non-lethal weapons such as batons who will take physical action against an offender; and there are security guards that carry lethal weapons such as pistols, rifles, shotguns, and automatic weapons…
Where do your Robotic Security Drones fit in this mix?
I have read much about the concept of weaponing drones for the civilian market, but 49 USC 44802 Prohibits Weapons on Drones. Where a weapon is defined as an instrument that is readily capable of causing death or serious bodily injury…
But the FAA does allows drones to fly as fast as 100MPH, so if a drone were to hit a person at that speed, the drone itself might be considered a weapon…
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