China puts robocops on traffic duty, minus the arrest powers

China’s robot traffic police can do almost everything except stop you

China’s robot traffic police can direct cars, scold jaywalkers, and give a lost tourist directions to the nearest metro station. What they cannot do is stop anybody, and that limitation is written into the design rather than left to the machine’s discretion. The clearest deployment sits in Hangzhou, where the local traffic police put 15 humanoid […] This story continues at The Next Web

No Guns, No Arrest Powers: Meet China's New Traffic Robocops

It is not quite the "RoboCop" of the 1987 movie: no gun, no power to arrest and wheels rather than the Hollywood

China replaces traffic police with robocops: Wheeled robot warns helmetless riders and monitors traffic

A Chinese technology company is testing robot traffic officers in Hangzhou to automate repetitive road-monitoring duties. Reuters reported that the machines can detect helmetless riding, traffic violations and pedestrians crossing against signals, while also answering questions and connecting users with police. SUPCON says dozens are already deployed, though the company’s performance figures could not be independently verified

China puts robocops on traffic duty, minus the arrest powers

By Chenxi Yang, Qiaoyi Li and Eduardo Baptista HANGZHOU/BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) - It is not quite the "RoboCop" of the 1987 movie: no gun, no power to arrest and wheels rather than the Hollywood cyborg's mechanical stride. But at a busy intersection ...