Chinese Police Deploy Rolling BB-8-STyle Robot to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects

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As the South China Morning Post reports, cops in the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province have lately been flanked by the spherical robot that looks more like an imperial "Death Star" than anything that should be used by ostensibly not-evil law enforcement.

Imperial Police In Eastern China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling, rubber tire-wrapped robot that can chase down suspects and beat them in a fight.

Named the "Rotunbot" or "RT-G" for short, this spherical robot was created by researchers at Zhejiang University on behalf of the Shenzen-based Logon Technology firm.

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Author / Journalist: Noor Al-Sibai

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesChina

Topics: China Death star The digest Police robots

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Published On: 2024-12-14 @ 13:00:01 (16 hours ago)

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