An FDNY robot dog has hit the street for the first time this week.
State Senator Brad Hoylman represents the district where the incident took place. He thought deploying the robot dog anywhere undermined police-community relations but especially in a public housing complex where residents might already mistrust the police.The FDNY hopes to change the public's perception of them.The first big change might be their color. While the NYPD had theirs painted blue to make them look more like police department tools, the ones the FDNY is testing are yellow.
Boston Dynamics markets the robots as a public safety tool to keep people out of harm's way to assess hazardous situations. It calls the robot dog Spot and says the agile robot climbs stairs and traverses rough terrain with ease. The company says it can be deployed with specialized sensors to detect radiological and nuclear material, toxic gases, and other hazardous materials.for the first time in March 2017. NYPD robot dog hits streets of Manhattan
A robot dog joined the human members of the NYPD’s response to a domestic dispute inside a public housing apartment building in Manhattan.
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