Thailand Rings in New Year With Drone and CCTV-Powered Robot Cop

On April 16th, Thailand’s Royal Thai Police introduced their newest colleague, “AI Police Cyborg 1.0,” in a Facebook post stating that the robot was deployed on Tonson Road in Muang District. One photograph shows the robot dressed in a police uniform while it stands on a wheeled metal platform lined by other uniformed officials. Jointly developed by the Provincial Police Command 7, Nakhon Pathom Provincial Police, and Nakhon Nakhon Pathon Municipality, the robot has a number of chilling capabilities including access to nearby CCTV cameras, drones, and its own 360-degree AI cameras equipped with facial recognition, behavioral analysts, weapon detection, and blacklist alerts. Officials say its video analytics are advanced enough to differentiate water guns from real weapons and identify violent behavior. According to the RTP’s Facebook post, the AI Police Cyborg 1.0 is linked with the province’s Command and Control center “for efficient event safety management.” Ostensibly, enhancing p ... Read full article.