New York Police Department will return a robotic dog from Boston Dynamics to the manufacturer ahead of time after criticism in her address, reports The New York Times.
Police decided to try to use the mechanism for their own purposes last year. Roboboss was leased for 94 thousand dollars. According to the leadership of law enforcement officers, he was planned to direct in those places where it would be dangerous to walk officers. Police named Robobs DigiDog. It is equipped with cameras, lanterns and communication system.
However, a robotic dog criticized in social networks after two cases of its use. On February 23, the police launched a robot in an apartment in Bronx, where held hostages, but the criminals managed to escape. And on April 13, DigiDog was noticed during the arrest of men in a residential building.
After these cases, critics were compared the robot with a drone tracking of people from anti-nightopy, called the symbol of how aggressive the police could be in relation to the poor, and accused of law enforcement officers in militarization.
This led to early termination of the lease agreement, which acted until August. The decision was positively encountered in the New York City Hall – they stated there that we were glad, since the robot was “terrible, repelled from myself and sent an invalid signal to the inhabitants of the city.”
In March “Mail of Russia” reported that she would like to test Stretch-loader robot from Boston Dynamics in a technological logistics center near Novosibirsk, where they are going to handle up to one and a half million parcels per day. Stretch is designed to move goods in warehouses – it is equipped with a “mast perception” with cameras and sensors, as well as roboruka with suckers for the transfer of goods.