Quadruped robot patrols sidewalks to urge social distancing

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/14/quadruped-robot-patrols-sidewa.html

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[anothernewbbaccount]

I, for one, welcome our new socially distant human-herding dog substitutes.

[GagHalfrunt]

Previously:

Boston Dynamics robot dog enforces lockdown in Singapore

[Otherbrother]

@pesco

testing a mobile robot to patrol sidewalks, track clusters of pedestrians, and encourage social distancing. At this point though, I think this approach is more likely to attract crowds, not disperse them.

Yeah, this thing isn’t likely to have the intended effect until they install an ADS.

Active Denial System

[hecep]

May need to be armed with an electric prod (like R2D2).

[Frederick_Hagemeiste]

Those book hoarders aren’t going to hunt down themselves.

[Hypoxia]

Can robo-dogs be programmed to direct their lasers at MAGA hats?

[vonbobo]

Love the peace washing of the ad copy. You can still hear the cold verbiage of the original copy with words like “target” and “eliminate”.

[dontpanicbobby]

ADS for the win @Otherbrother!