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EPISODE · Sep 8, 2021 · 33 MIN

#241: Robots Taking Over

from Plan B · host News Beat

Singapore has started trials of two autonomous robots to detect poor social behaviour such as flouting of COVID-19 safety measures and smoking in prohibited areas. It said the two patrol robots, named Xavier, are equipped with cameras that can detect bad social behaviour and trigger real-time alerts to the command and control centre.

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