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"We're about 20 minutes away from the point where Clarke's law kicks in and technology becomes indistinguishable from magic."
- Peter Watts
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| Security Guard Robot (Sentry Robot) | ||
| A robot that takes the place of a security guard in an office environment. |
Kirstie Alley is trapped in an office by an out-of-control security guard robot.
When the sentry robot fails to deactivate with a verbal code, the Runaway squad moves in.
 (Security guard robot from Runaway) "A 577 sentry?" "A 577 with office-checking routines on board." "Insulated wheels, steel hull, taser shock standard...?" "We don't modify them - we just run them as they come from the factory." |
| From Runaway,
by Michael Crichton. Published by Tri-Star Pictures in 1985 Additional resources -
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Tom Selleck comes to the rescue when Alley calls.
(Security guard robot from Runaway)
As it turns out, he defeats the robot by beating it to death with a chair.
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