WATCH: Creepy robot dogs patrol Singapore park to encourage social distancing
In what feels eerily similar to an episode of “Black Mirror,” robot dogs created by Boston Dynamics are patrolling Singapore’s Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park to promote safe distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the NY Post, one of the creepy robots we warned you about last year is now patrolling a park in Singapore.
Created by Boston Dynamics, “Spot”— a robot dog which can run, unlock and open doors, pick itself up, operate in a variety of weather and challenging terrain and even dance — started patrolling the River Plains section of Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore on Friday, according to the Straits Times.
As part of a two-week trial, the robot dog was fitted with cameras to patrol the park and broadcast a recorded message “reminding park visitors to observe safe distancing measures,” the paper reported. The government has assured people the dogs “will not be able to track or recognize specific individuals, neither will it collect any personal data.”
During the trial Spot is accompanied by a human officer and, if successful, the “dog” is up for deployment in other parks.
NParks is also deploying 30 drones to police parks and nature areas.
Spot is also “currently on trial at the Changi Exhibition Centre community isolation facility, which houses patients with mild symptoms, to help deliver essential items such as medicine to patients,” according to the Strait Times.
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Compare to…the Robot Dog in the fictional series Black Mirror: Metalhead (2011)
