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Some robots were made to be your best friend. Some to unload 1600 boxes an hour. Some to do backflips, paint masterpieces. Some to inspect crime scenes. Others will tell you to quit smoking in prohibited areas and stop riding your motorbike on the footpath.

Singapore has started testing patrol robots that survey pedestrian areas in the city-state, where surveillance is a top and often controversial priority.

Named Xavier, the mall-cop robots will be autonomously rolling through the Toa Payoh Central district for three weeks from Sept. 5, scanning for "undesirable social behaviours" according to a press release (via Engadget) from the government's Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX).

[...] The "undesirable social behaviours" Xavier will be on the lookout for include congregation of more than five people (as per the government's COVID-19 measures), smoking in prohibited areas, illegal hawking, improperly parked bicycles within the Housing and Development Board's Hub, and riding motorised active mobility devices and motorcycles on footpaths.

If you're partaking in any of these activities while a Xavier rolls past, the robot will alert the project's command centre and display a message corresponding to your offence.

[...] Security robots are an unsettling and impending reality across the globe, including the U.S. where companies like Knightscope have been offering up their K5 security robots for years (yes, it's the company whose robot drowned itself; yes, the robot humans built an actual shrine for). As recently as 2020, Spot the robot dog from Boston Dynamics was used by NYPD at a crime scene. China has had police robots for years, equipped with facial recognition software.

Also at Engadget and Stuff.

Original Submission

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2. "made to be your best friend" - https://mashable.com/video/xgo-pet-robot
3. "unload 1600 boxes an hour" - https://mashable.com/video/dill-robot-box-unloading
4. "do backflips" - https://mashable.com/video/ollie-backflip-robot
5. "paint masterpieces" - https://mashable.com/video/ai-da-ai-humanoid-robot-artist
6. "inspect crime scenes" - https://mashable.com/article/spot-robot-dog-used-by-nypd
7. "surveillance is a top and" - https://mashable.com/article/singapore-consider-shaming-litterbugs
8. "often controversial" - https://mashable.com/archive/singapore-satellite-tracking-cars
9. "priority" - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-double-police-cameras-more-than-200000-over-next-decade-2021-08-04/
10. "according to a press release" - https://www.htx.gov.sg/news/media-release-htx-ground-robot-on-trial-at-toa-payoh-central-to-support-public-officers-in-enhancing-public-health-and-safety
11. "via Engadget" - https://www.engadget.com/singapore-robots-patrol-065009631.html?guccounter=1
12. "the government's COVID-19 measures" - https://www.gov.sg/article/updates-to-singapores-covid-19-measures-from-19-august-2021
13. "where companies like Knightscope" - https://mashable.com/article/knightscope-robot-fired-san-francisco-sidewalks
14. "offering up their K5 security robots for years" - https://mashable.com/article/tough-terrain-security-robot-knightscope
15. "robot drowned itself" - https://mashable.com/article/security-robot-drowns
16. "humans built an actual shrine for" - https://mashable.com/article/knightscope-steve-we-wont-miss-you
17. "was used by NYPD at a crime scene" - https://mashable.com/article/spot-robot-dog-used-by-nypd
18. "China has had police robots for years" - https://mashable.com/article/china-police-robot
19. "Engadget" - https://www.engadget.com/singapore-robots-patrol-065009631.html?guccounter=1
20. "Stuff" - https://stuff.co.za/2021/09/07/singapore-test-xavier-security-robot/
21. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=51131

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