Spitfire15 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article3591734.ece An elderly man has killed himself by programming a robot to shoot him in the head after building the machine from plans downloaded from the internet. Francis Tovey, 81, who lived alone in Burleigh Heads on the Australian Gold Coast, was found dead in his driveway. According to the Gold Coast Bulletin, he had been unhappy about the demands of relatives living elsewhere in Australia that he should move out of his home and into care. Notes left by Mr Tovey — who was born in England — revealed that he had scoured the internet for plans before constructing his complex machine, which involved a jigsaw power tool and was connected to a .22 semi-automatic pistol loaded with four bullets. It could fire multiple shots once triggered remotely. At 7am on Tuesday he set the robot up in the driveway of his £450,000 house and activated it. His notes suggested that Mr Tovey chose to kill himself in the driveway because he knew there were workmen building a new house next door who would find his body. The scheme worked, as carpenter Daniel Skewes heard gunshots and ran to Mr Tovey's home. "I thought I heard three shots and when we ran next door he was lying on the driveway with gunshot wounds to the head," Mr Skewes told the GCB. A neighbour, who did not want to be named, told the newspaper that Mr Tovey had lived at his home on Gabrielle Grove since 1984. "He was a really marvellous man, an ideal neighbour and I will miss him greatly," she said. "He was born in England, like I was, and we used to enjoy our tea together. He had visitors from England and family interstate from somewhere far away in Australia. "There was no inkling of anything amiss, it is just very sad." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tails0nE Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 BAN TEH ROBOTZ!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blart.BOS Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheWrongWords Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 All your 81 year old mans are belong to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HESHIANDET Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 post actual pics/planzzzzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceLeroy Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 i aint going out like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awkward eye Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 That's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 someone find a link for the suicide robot plans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 i bet that fool wouldnt have offed himself if he had just gotten a sexual eruption (eruption-ruption) sexual eruption (eruption-ruption) woah-woah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tear1personality Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 now that's the wildest shit i heard all day. would have been crazier if the robot malfunctioned and went on a killing spree after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 First recorded robot murder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OL'DIRTYGeEEZER Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 And so it begins..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a kid growin up Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Poor guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawood Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 And so it begins..... did they catch the robot killer or is he still on the loose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awkward eye Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Just got in a huge fight over this with my wife...apparently she doesn't think it's cool that the old dude made him self a suicide robot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLSE Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 my 2XL is lookin at me kinda weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 thats pretty fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awkward eye Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 thats pretty fucking awesome. That's what I said then my wife looked at me funny and started yelling...:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article3591734.ece "He was born in England, like I was, and we used to enjoy our tea together. lol suicide or skynetz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 seriously if i was ancient and my life sucked ass and i wanted to die, fuck yea i would program a badass robot to shoot me in the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreSixO Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 someone find a link for the suicide robot plans... thats probably the most important thing 12 oz has ever proposed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 im not "google master" enough to find it, all the searches just come up with the news reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 someone really needs to find that, im lookin at you casek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Droid Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 all you would really need to do is make some kind of timed device that could activate the trigger on a gun. put your head up to it and wait. -or- you could set something up so when your friend/family opens the door to your room or house it pulls the trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 getting killed by friend/family would suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheWrongWords Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 but... you could also use it to shoot at animals in your yard via remote/program imagine... a motion sensing squirrel killing robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-walk Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 not even trying to be a dick but thats stupid if you dont got the balls to shoot yourself then whats the point i just think thats sad that this dude had to metally put the blame on some robot instead of taking action himself, he must of really wanted to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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