This guy is a genius.  He’s been having problems with bums and homeless people outside his bar vandalizing the place. Initially he started patrolling the area with an assault rifle. Of course the police didn’t like that, so he decided to create his own police officer that would do his bidding. The HoboCop.

Visitors to O’Terrill’s pub in Atlanta, Georgia are likely to be greeted by a worrying sight - a 300-pound, waist-high robot marked ‘SECURITY’ rolling through the streets after dark, hunting down loiterers.

Bar owner Rufus Terrill’s invention, the Bum Bot – which has been patrolling the area around the pub since last September – features bright red lights, an even brighter spotlight, an infrared video camera and a water cannon in a spinning turret on top.

Terrill can bark orders through the robot’s loudspeaker from the safety of his bar, allowing the robot to chase homeless people away from the Irish theme pub.

The electronic vigilante has enraged neighbourhood activists, who have threatened protests. Street people say it’s intimidating. And homeless advocates question the intentions of its inventor, who uses the Bum Bot as a marketing tool and a political prop.

“I’d buy that for a dollar!”

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