China is the first to have an autonomous police robot, with a taser

China seems to have beat us to the punch when it comes to enlisting robots and AI to help fight crime. It's not quite on the level of Robo Cop, but the autonomous machine is still slightly deadly. The Chinese National University of Defense has created a low-cost slightly intelligent robot that can patrol streets all on it's own. It has a suite of sensors that can detect dangers so that it can even make actual arrests. In case of even greater threats, they've added a taser device to provide some electrical assistance to get people to comply.