The Mainichi Dily News today (28Aug) is reporting that T63 Artemis, a robot gave its first large-scale patrol of a shopping arcade located in Fukuoka, Japan, Friday night, its developers said Saturday.
T63 Artemis is capable of shining lights and emitting alarms if it spots anything untoward. On Friday night, it patrolled an 80-meter shopping arcade, detecting and memorizing car license plates it found in the area.
Revelers who watched the T63 Artemis on its rounds stood by and watched in amazement as it swept through the arcade. (Mainichi Shimbun, Aug. 28, 2004)
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This could make for an interesting movie sequel: Paul Blart, Robocop.
And these robots don’t even need those Segways.