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7 creepy robots used by police (video)

by | 7th, March 2015

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Robots are just great. The can help defuse bombs, find people trapped under rubble and provide defence when hazard chamicals have been spilled. They can also watch you and control you.

In the Congo, solar-powered aluminium robots are huge loom over the roads in Kinshasa. Equipped with red and green lights these robots regulate the flow of people and traffic and film the scenes, relaying pictures back to police HQ.

Bit odd.

But not as creepy as the Knightscope K5 is a five-foot-tall autonomous robot “that roams around your neighborhood, observing and gathering data and trying to predict where and when criminal activity will occur.”

Paul Detrick points us towards other creepy robots in this film:

 



Posted: 7th, March 2015 | In: Reviews, Technology Comment | TrackBack | Permalink