Friday, 17 February 2012
Robot Prison Guards
Robot Prison Guards - South Korea To Test Robot Prison Guards. The robots are a new kind of prison guard (if you will) that will help the prison detect risky behavior, operate a communication channel between prisoners and prison guards, get help to prisoners more quickly, and help take the workload off of the human prison guards--especially at night. While these bots are no Terminators, these robot guards are equiped with four wheels, cameras, and various sensors to help detect violent behavior.
The fact that South Korea has robot prison guards (a matter of time?), or the fact that their robot prison guards sort of look like Teletubbies (adorable yet unnerving).
South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has announced that it is testing robot guards in prisons. The one-month trial will be conducted at a prison in the city of Pohang, located southeast of capital Seoul, starting March 2012. The project is expected to cost one billion won (about $863,000). The robot guards are designed to patrol prison corridors and monitor conditions inside the cells.
