German Police Investigating If Teens Were Piloting Robot That Groped 16-Year-Old Girl
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Remote-operated and semi-autonomous robots are now part of the real-world harm surface, not just workplace safety. If you deploy physical systems in public or semi-public spaces, you need clear audit trails, control logs, and abuse-prevention policies before regulators write them for you.
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