Having looked into the topic and checking several sources. They’re mostly seeking to codify the option of potentially using a Robot they have in inventory in a way it wasn’t designed. Much like the Dallas PD did in 2016. When they opted to blow up a sniper, that had already killed 5 cops and wounded others including Civilians, using a Bomb defusing Robot strapped with C4. As opposed to storming the Snipers hide.

It predictably set off legal controversy that took a while to die down.

Undoubtedly should such a thing pass. It’ll rather predictably get twisted and warped to authorize something that was outside the bounds the original idea intended. Such things always do.

1 Sauce: https://www.rt.com/news/567125-san-francisco-killer-robots/

Test it on San Fran Nan.

Issac Asimov would not approve.

Rise of the machines!

17 robots, you say? Hmm...

How would this be different from armed drones?

I heard the story on Fox news. The way the so-called conservative host was outwardly rooting for and cheering for this was sickening.

Does it get any more orwellian than Government collaborating with Big Tech to make and deploy killer robots?