A pair of accused would-be burglars in a Atlanta parking garage has been thwarted by a security force straight out of science fiction: robot dogs. Atlanta News First reports that a pair of robotic canines helped police corner and arrest two men allegedly entering cars and stealing items inside them. That is taking a bite out of crime.
On Thursday, May 21, security camera footage shows two masked men entering the Columbia Crest Apartments parking garage. They move from one automobile to the following, appearing to envision for unlocked doors, then entering and rummaging through any unlocked cars they find. That is the purpose where a human security guard would call police and/or confront the perpetrators.
On this case, the garage was monitored by Undaunted, a security company that uses four-legged robots somewhat than human security guards. Upon noticing the suspicious activity within the parking garage, two robot dogs were deployed. One tracked the masked men, while the opposite talked with police through a two-way audio system, describing the suspects and their last known locations. Police apprehended one on the road just outside the garage, while the opposite hid in the world of a trash compactor. The robot kept the suspect at bay until police arrived to take him into custody.
‘Dead or alive, you are coming with me’
While Undaunted’s robots could seem a bit too near RoboCop for comfort, their capabilities are limited. Consistent with Boston Dynamics’ pleads, the robots are unarmed.
“We’re never going to place offensive weapons on our robots,” Undaunted CEO Bryan Dinner told Atlanta News First. As fun because it is to assume K9 from “Doctor Who” stunning a suspect with its nose-mounted laser, Undaunted has no plans to do that. As an alternative, the robots are essentially mobile cameras and communication systems that may respond quickly and go places that permanently mounted cameras cannot see. In Undaunted’s video above, it’s clear that a human distant operator is talking with police somewhat than concise computer generated speech like Siri. It isn’t clear whether the robot’s movements are autonomous.
It could not seem so useful to switch human security guards with robots, nonetheless, some people don’t take security guards seriously, while being confronted with a robot dog may at the least confuse them long enough to stop what they’re doing. All the pieces is recorded, which Undaunted can provide to police as evidence. Better of all, a human life is not placed in harm’s way, making it particularly appealing in rough areas. Things may need turned out much in another way in “Five Nights at Freddy’s” if Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza had a robot dog as an alternative of a human security guard.
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