Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), in collaboration with Kyonggi University, one of the country’s premiere universities, has developed a humanoid robot to help human prison guards in their daily work tasks at the jail.
The Prison Guard Robot was created by a team of researchers from ETRI and Kyonggi University, with hopes that this wheeled humanoid guard will make prisons and jails safer places for both guards and inmates. Standing at five feet tall and weighing 154 pounds, this Korean robot can walk and move at a similar speed as that of an ordinary jail guard on patrol. This four-wheeled robot guard can patrol all night, searching for suspicious activities in jails and monitoring inmates even inside their cells.
Although Prison Guard Robot was basically made to patrol and guard jails, it is not intimidating. It is equipped with cameras that can send images to its operators and allow them to communicate with prisoners remotely through speakers and microphones embedded in the robot. It can also warn jail guards of any assault, fire, or abnormal behavior coming from the prisoners.
With the sensors installed on the Prison Guard Robot, it can detect movement, injuries, and hostility. It can be friendly too, however, and help inmates with any injuries or sickness they may develop. And with this guard robot, developers hope that one day human guards will no longer have to patrol dangerous locations; that along with patrolling jails, Prison Guard Robot can eventually be used for guarding school grounds. The developers also want it to be used for scouting battlefields for mines or other dangerous obstacles, protecting humans from danger.
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