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An elderly man in Australia who didn't want to be placed in a home for assisted living built a robot to end his misery. He downloaded the specs for a robot that could point and shoot a gun, built it himself, then took it out to his driveway. There, the robot shot him down and killed him. [Robot World News via Suicide Bots]
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Mar 21, 2008 2:49 PM
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