Amid outcry, San Francisco pauses on ‘killer police robots’SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for deadly force, reversing course just days after their approval of the plan generated fierce pushback and warnings about the militarization and automation of policing.Though robot technology for policing has become more widely available, departments across the country have rarely used it to confront or kill suspects.Apple: Most iCloud data can now be end-to-end encryptedMaking 'indie' video games gets trickier as industry evolvesMicrosoft strikes 10-year deal with Nintendo on Call of DutyCyberattack on top Indian hospital highlights security riskThree supervisors who rejected the policy from the beginning joined dozens of protesters Monday outside City Hall to urge the board to change course.“We should be working on ways to decrease the use of force by local law enforcement, not giving them new tools to kill people.”The vote was the result of a new state law that requires police departments to inventory equipment including certain guns, grenades, armored vehicles and battering rams and to seek explicit approval for their use.“Having robots that have eyes and ears and can remove bombs, which happens from time to time, is something that we want the police department to do while we continue to have this very controversial discussion,” said Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who brought forward last week’s motion around the use of robots."