I-furor yangempela yenza izindaba mayelana nendlela i-robot yokuqapha, eyenziwe yiK Knightscope, esebenze ngesonto endaweni yokuthenga, yawela emthonjeni.
Zonke i-droids ifakwe izinhlelo zokuqaphela ubuso, ama-infrared ne-ultrasonic sensors. Kodwa ngisho nalokhu akuzange kusize uSteve ompofu (okufingqiwe kwi-Vehicle Enhancement Vehicle), futhi ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa kuphela emva kokujoyina le nsizakalo, wawela echibini lokufakelwa.
IWashington Post ibika ukuthi uSteve waphazamisa emanzini, wenza umsebenzi. Njengoba abakhiqizi bebhobho elibi besimise "njengesosha" jikelele elingalokothi libheke futhi lingalahli inzalo emsebenzini wakhe, umphakathi uvukele. Kuvela ukuthi kusenesikhathi kakhulu ukufaka abalindi ababukhoma abanezimoto!
I-Knightscope yazama ukuyihleka, ithi i-robot yayifuna nje ukupholisa kancane kancane ekushiseni, njengoba abantu benza. Kodwa ama-ruffians womzamo onjalo wokuxazulula le mpi ayengamukeli. Khona-ke inkonzo yokunyathelisa yenkampani yabiza lesi sigameko ngokuthi "indawo", lapho kungekho lutho olugebengu - futhi akunjalo, ngoba i-robot ayilimazanga noma yimuphi umuntu ngaphandle kwayo - futhi ithembise ngesikhathi esifushane sokuletha umlondolozi omusha onokwethenjelwa enkonzweni.
Kodwa izishoshovu azimeli. Bakhumbula ukuthi lolo nyaka i-robot yashaya kanjani ingane, kanti enye ayizange ibambe indoda eyayidakiwe (nakuba uKnightscope ithi lesi sigameko sihlukumeza imoto ezama ukuhlola yonke imisebenzi yayo).
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