The department is trying out four-legged robots to use in dangerous places. “These robots will save lives,” a fire captain said. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Robots and Robotics”
Robot Dogs Join the New York Fire Department
By Gotham Rex on March 17, 2022
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
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
N.Y.P.D.’s Robot Dog Returns to Work, Touching Off a Backlash
By Gotham Rex on April 14, 2021
Deployed at a public housing building, the device drew condemnation as a stark example of police power and misplaced priorities. 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