Ohio Police Department Retires Its Most Expensive Cop After Zero Arrests, Cases, or Tickets in Nearly a Year

Ohio police department retires its most expensive cop after zero arrests, cases, or tickets in nearly a year

The Dublin Police Department in Ohio has reportedly ended its use of a patrol robot known as “DubBot” after the machine failed to produce any arrests, criminal cases, or citations during its time in service, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Dublin police spokesperson Robyn Gray told the outlet that the robot, officially called the K5 Autonomous Security Robot, was made by a California-based company named Knightscope, and it was introduced las…

Ohio Gives Up On Robot Cop After 10 Months of Failing to Arrest a Single Person

While some may fear that the rise of AI and the sudden advancement of robotics are going to propel us toward a future where RoboCop-like law enforcement patrols our streets, ruling with an iron fist and filling us all with fear of the mechanized state, the truth is that real-life robot cops are still a long way from patrolling the streets of that dystopian future. As reported by WOSU Public Media and The Columbus Dispatch, an Ohio police departm…

A Police Department Fired a $128K Robot Cop, After It Failed to Catch a Criminal or Issue Any Tickets - Hits 96

Wise Brothers—-Chattanooga, TN A Police Department Fired a $128K Robot Cop, After It Failed to Catch a Criminal or Issue Any Tickets It seems like every day we’re hearing about A.I. or robots storming into our workplaces and taking over tasks that used to be done by actual people.  But not all of this is working.  Some of it is a HOT MESS.     A police department in Dublin, Ohio excitedly announced a brand new hire last summer:  A $128,000 polic…

Ohio Police Retire “Robocop” After It Heroically Made Zero Arrests and Issued Zero Tickets in Nearly 10 Months

Dublin, Ohio retires its “DubBot” Robocop after 10 months with zero arrests and zero tickets. The most expensive do-nothing security guard in history.

Ohio police department brought in a $68k robot cop to patrol a parking garage, but it didn't exactly end the way they hoped

The Dublin Police Department in Ohio has officially retired its robot patrol unit after the machine failed to produce any meaningful results during its year of service. This experiment, which involved a K5 Autonomous Security Robot, highlights the growing gap between the promise of high-tech law enforcement tools and the reality of their performance in everyday scenarios. According to BroBible, the robot, affectionately dubbed DubBot, was brough…