Robot Justice by Harry Harrison:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

"He had never planned to be caught and never considered the consequences. Fear made him stumble as they neared."

Fascinating story details a city in which citizens are continually surveilled for unlawful conduct; fines and jail sentences are instantly handed out. This story was later retitled I See You.

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Human Object Recognition - people making robotic life easier
System uses human beings as an aid to robotic object recognition.

Intelligent Trash Sorting
Robots sort the garbage - almost completely.

Personality Death - you're dead to yourself
Punishment leaves the body intact.

Robot Judge - before Dred
Artificially intelligent legal machine - robes and all.

Robot Trash Collectors
Robots that drive and operate garbage trucks.

Robotic Trash Can - watch it
A sensor-equipped waste can capable of autonomous cleaning - and legal judgement.

Sentenced Man
A person who commits asocial actions and lives in society, but in reduced circumstances.

 

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