Plans to use two new robot dogs only in precarious search and rescue missions may help avoid the controversy that met the Police Department’s robots last year. Source: New York Times
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N.Y.P.D. Will Stop Using Robot Dog After Backlash
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2021
The Police Department will return the device earlier than planned after critics seized on it as a dystopian example of overly aggressive policing. Source: New York Times
Digidog, a Robotic Dog Used by the Police, Stirs Privacy Concerns
By Gotham Rex on February 27, 2021
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog, which it says can be deployed in dangerous situations and keep officers safer, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool. Source: New York Times