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In Eastern China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling robot that can chase down suspects — and, they say, beat them in a fight.<\/p>
As the South China Morning Post<\/em> reports<\/a>, cops in the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province have lately been flanked by the spherical robot<\/a> that looks a bit like a militarized version of the cutesy BB-8 robot in \"Star Wars.\"<\/p> Named the \"Rotunbot<\/a>\" or \"RT-G\" for short, this spherical robot was created by researchers at Zhejiang University on behalf of a Shenzen-based outfit called Logon Technology. It reportedly weighs about 275 pounds and travels up to 22 miles-per-hour — and according to Wang You, an associate professor who worked on it, only takes a few seconds to reach that speed.<\/p> \"This robot can cope with dangers such as falling or being beaten,\" Wang told SCMP<\/em>, \"and can perform tactical actions such as enemy identification, tracking, and capture after modular modification.\"<\/p> Equipped with net-guns, tear gas, and speakers, the robot is also reportedly pretty good at scaring off any would-be attackers.<\/p> \"If you win the fight, you’ll end up in jail,\" the robot was heard saying in a recent fight simulation viewed by the SCMP<\/em>. \"If you lose the fight, you’ll end up in hospital.\"<\/p> While \"Star Wars\" aesthetics are very much present in RT-G's design, its autonomous operations are more akin to the 2010 sleeper horror hit \"Rubber<\/a>,\" which follows a sentient tire as it wreaks havoc across a desertscape.<\/p> Though there don't seem to have been any public demonstrations of the robot operating autonomously yet, a promotional video released by Logon ahead of RT-G's deployment in Wenzhou suggests it can navigate various types of situations by itself.<\/p> \"Narrow terrain, extreme weather, dangerous work environments, violent conflicts and wars, all pose huge threats to human life and activities,\" reads a translation of the video on the r\/Cyberpunk subreddit<\/a>. \"Thus an amphibious, intelligent robot emerged to replace humans in these style environments.\"<\/p> It's a far cry from the crappy police robots<\/a> that have been repeatedly deployed<\/a> and recalled<\/a> by law enforcemen<\/a>t in New York — and honestly, this one is a lot scarier.<\/p> More on cop-bots:<\/strong> Eric Adams Has Been Indicted, But His Crappy Subway Robot Will Be \"Redeployed\"<\/em><\/a><\/p> The post Chinese Police Deploy Rolling BB-8-STyle Robot to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more: Imperial Police In Eastern China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling robot that can chase down suspects \u2014 and,\u00a0they say, beat them in a fight. As the\u00a0 South China Morning Post reports , cops in the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province have lately been flanked by the spherical robot that looks a bit like a militarized version of the cutesy BB-8 robot in \"Star Wars.\" Named the \" Rotunbot \" or \"RT-G\" for short, this spherical robot was created by researchers at Zhejiang University on behalf of a Shenzen-based outfit called Logon Technology. It reportedly weighs about 275 pounds and travels up to 22 miles-per-hour \u2014 and according to Wang You, an associate professor who worked on it, only takes a few seconds to reach that speed Continue reading Burning Rubber<\/h2>
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