Autonomous robot deployed in Atlanta to detect threats amid crime concerns

Interesting Engineering ^ | August 25, 2024 | Gairika Mitra

[Towed_Jumper]

I give it a month before this surveillance robot has it's "eyes" punched out, is missing a couple of wheels and is covered in graffiti.

[Varsity Flight]

Jimmyd with large whitewalls, and shoutin joy riders up top.

[ClearCase_guy]

And how racist is this robot?

[Jonty30]

I think they will find it in the ditch eventually, with it all torn apart.

[Leaning Right]

> I give it a month before this surveillance robot has it's "eyes" punched out… <

The ‘Lost in Space’ robot was more than able to defend itself. Perhaps Atlanta should look into that design.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Ends up like HitchBOT in 5...4...3...2...Philly!

[GaltAdonis]

Robocop.

I never saw that movie….

[Towed_Jumper]

And how racist is this robot?

You raise a valid point. After all they did paint this robot white.

[dblshot]

I hope it doesn’t have a Richard Jewell program.

[Qwapisking]

they’ll start with an unarmed ED-209 but when the mistreatment gets hot and heavy there will be a switch to the armed peacekeeping version. when the mistreatment of the ED-209 reaches the point of making it chase someone down the stairs just for laughs there will be a switch to the “cain” model.

[FrankRizzo890]

I looked so you don't have to:

[Who is John Galt?]

[blackdog]

Daliks.

[waterhill]

You lost me at ‘I’.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Odd writing in this story. AI-generated is my guess, and not very sophisticated AI at that.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Did it pass the Boardroom test yet?

[Pontiac]

Wasn’t this supposed to happen in New Detroit.

[jdsteel]

Scrapped for copper and parts in 3….2…..1…..

[Towed_Jumper]

Odd writing in this story. AI-generated is my guess...

Maybe the 'bot wrote its own article but struggles with English syntax. I only knows how to write police reports!

[ssapro]

Ha ha ha, that’s exactly what I thought of. It would get robot jacked first though.