Robot dogs: New police officers with artificial intelligence patrolling the streets of New York

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A very peculiar new ally is fighting crime on the intense streets of New York: he weighs little, needs no salary or medical insurance, does not eat and never complains.

NYPD deployed its new robotic dog at the scene of a home rape crime in The Bronx Tuesday morning.

A video captured the “Digidog” blue and black four-legged trotting along the sidewalk, accompanied by its operators. The robot dog responded to a home invasion and a barricade situation on East 227TH ST near White Plains Road in Wakefield.

Police confirmed they responded to that address yesterday for an ongoing investigation and found no one there. Previously, NYPD also sent a robotic dog in October for a shooting in Brooklyn, after the gunman hid in a nearby basement.

A New York City police spokeswoman said yesterday the 70-pound robot is still in the testing phase. It is equipped with lights and cameras that allow human agents to see “their surroundings in real time” and has two-way communication, he stressed New York Post.

He doesn’t know how many robots of this type NYPD already has. The dog” you can run about three and a half miles an hour and climb stairs, said members of the NYPD Technical Assistance Response Unit (Taru) a ABC News in December. “This dog will save lives, protect people and officers, and that is our goal,” Taru inspector Frank DiGiacomo said at the time.

“This robot is able to use its artificial intelligence to navigate things, very complex environments, ”added Deepu John of NYPD.

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