The robot cop was deployed by the New York Police Department (NYPD) late this September.
About its description, Nina explains that is 5’2, 398-pound, equipped with four HD wide-angle cameras, one infrared thermal camera, 16 microphones, and wheels. The K5 security robot, accompanied by an officer, works at the subway station between midnight and 6 a.m..
She explains that when she came closer to the robot, its cameras came to her face level. She followed the robot while it rolled down the hallway. The dirty white subway wall tiles mirrored the blue fluorescent lights flashing across K5’s armour as it moved.
“As if suspicious of my stalking, it stopped and stared back at me. Its movements felt so uncanny that at that moment, and — I know this sounds silly — I was waiting for it to say something to me,” said Nina.
Amid a shortage in recruitment in the department, New York City has recently started renting the ‘security camera on wheels’ for $9 an hour (which is below the $15 minimum wage) since the city finds it more “cost-efficient way to bring about safety,” said Mayor Eric Adams in
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