Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police officer to direct vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection and issue polite warnings to law-breakers.
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All we can say is the technology has come a long way since the [AnBot went on duty](https://newatlas.com/robocops-future-of-police/49733/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body) at the Shenzhen airport in September 2016. That model – which resembled a Dalek crossed with a bar fridge – was, of course, cutting-edge at the time. Given the rapidly moving pace of robotics development, we imagine this new Hangxing No. 1 model may also look obsolete in not nine years but one or two.
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Chinese investment in robotis is amazing to see, and their different social and above all, goverment system will allow them to integrate them into society much faster than in the west
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I love when the title of an article poses a question that the article completely ignores.
China’s just running full steam ahead into the future. It’s pretty rad to see honestly. I’m here for it.
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It boils down to enforceability. We obey traffic lights, which are literally a lightbulb on a timer, because the consequence will be either a speeding ticket or getting T-boned.
If citizens think they can get away from the robot, they will get away from the robot.
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Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police officer to direct vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection and issue polite warnings to law-breakers.
Also from the article
All we can say is the technology has come a long way since the [AnBot went on duty](https://newatlas.com/robocops-future-of-police/49733/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body) at the Shenzhen airport in September 2016. That model – which resembled a Dalek crossed with a bar fridge – was, of course, cutting-edge at the time. Given the rapidly moving pace of robotics development, we imagine this new Hangxing No. 1 model may also look obsolete in not nine years but one or two.
Chinese investment in robotis is amazing to see, and their different social and above all, goverment system will allow them to integrate them into society much faster than in the west
I love when the title of an article poses a question that the article completely ignores.
China’s just running full steam ahead into the future. It’s pretty rad to see honestly. I’m here for it.
It boils down to enforceability. We obey traffic lights, which are literally a lightbulb on a timer, because the consequence will be either a speeding ticket or getting T-boned.
If citizens think they can get away from the robot, they will get away from the robot.