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The 5-foot-2-inch, 398-pound bots are built to withstand weather and pranksters, and each moves at an affable pace, “not too fast, so people can see it, recognize … that it’s attentive, it’s doing patrols,” says senior VP and corporate security director Brian Ishikawa.
The robot’s four cameras provide 360-degree recorded views of the bank’s campus and parking garage 24/7. People can push a button on a bot to speak with the guards on duty—the most common question being “when does the bank open?”
I guess it is Somewhat of a Deterrence, or distraction. I wonder if they let it patrol at night?
When it might be useful to prevent crimes, or record the incident if anything else.
Apparently these things were being used in San Francisco years ago to help deter the homeless from setting up tent cities. Can't say they've been very successful at that
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