While Detroit waits for its Robocop statue, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s one-upped The Motor City and installed a quintet of robots to keep an unblinking eye on any traffic-law violators. The Guardian reports that these solar-powered aluminum bipeds are armed with cameras to monitor the vehicle-piloting populace, and hand-mounted red and green lights to help regulate the bustling flow of city Kinshasa’s some nine million residents. Each new, female-engineered unit runs $27,500 (cheaper than some SWAT ‘bots), and the country hopes to add another 30 to the force in an expansion effort for monitoring its highways.
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Source: The Guardian