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12-15-2017, 10:53 PM
This 400-pound, sidewalk-roaming security robot just got fired
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A five-foot tall, 400-pound robot with four surveillance cameras just got fired from its security job. Right before Christmas.
The San Francisco animal welfare non-profit, SF SPCA, rented the 'bot to roam its parking lot and grounds, ostensibly in response to a recent burglary. *But to the dismay of neighbors, the SPCA also let the robot patrol the public sidewalk outside the property.*
Now, after being sent a deluge of threats, Ars Technica reports (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/after-outcry-non-profit-stops-use-of-security-robot-to-oust-homeless/) the SPCA has pulled the plug on its robot... for now.*
SEE ALSO: The latest surveillance robot is designed to patrol rough terrain (and fight crime) (http://mashable.com/2017/09/20/tough-terrain-security-robot-knightscope/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/knightscope-robot-fired-san-francisco-sidewalks/)
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A five-foot tall, 400-pound robot with four surveillance cameras just got fired from its security job. Right before Christmas.
The San Francisco animal welfare non-profit, SF SPCA, rented the 'bot to roam its parking lot and grounds, ostensibly in response to a recent burglary. *But to the dismay of neighbors, the SPCA also let the robot patrol the public sidewalk outside the property.*
Now, after being sent a deluge of threats, Ars Technica reports (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/after-outcry-non-profit-stops-use-of-security-robot-to-oust-homeless/) the SPCA has pulled the plug on its robot... for now.*
SEE ALSO: The latest surveillance robot is designed to patrol rough terrain (and fight crime) (http://mashable.com/2017/09/20/tough-terrain-security-robot-knightscope/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/15/knightscope-robot-fired-san-francisco-sidewalks/)
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