NBC: This police robot could make traffic stops safer
Every year, police officers make more than 50,000 traffic stops with motorists. And they can often times be sources extreme stress. Not to mention, potentially dangerous for the officer. With that in mind, Reuben Brewer, a mechanical engineer at the nonprofit research organization SRI International in Menlo Park, California, has created a robot to help. His hope is that law enforcement officers will be able to use it and take some of the danger out of traffic stops. “The GoBetween robot is attached to a rod that extends forward from an officer’s car to a motorist’s window, enabling the...
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