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weirdish | on: Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot
I'm sure with a little ingenuity you could rig up stringman to stab you to death!
fidotron | parent | next
Getting it to be forceful enough would be a bit interesting. Could certainly slowly strangle you in the cabling.
monkmartinez | root | parent | next
It could also strangle you super fast, see here; Red Cable Robots Video[1]

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIr0ZtVVnBA

nancyminusone | root | parent | next
Depending on how high your ceilings are, dropping items from height could be quite uncomfortable.
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adamsmark | parent | next
Poison tipped syringe!
smnplk | parent
This reads very futuramaesque
doctorzook | root | parent
Slow and horrible, please.