(Queensland, Australia) It's reported that he was old and unhappy.
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.Personally, I fail to see the difference between a suicide robot and a mechanical soldier.
Francis Tovey, 81, who lived alone in Burleigh Heads on the Australian Gold Coast, was found dead in his driveway. [ ... ]
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.
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