Robot police deployed at railway stations to curb criminal activities

China has introduced a robot police with the help of the latest technology to curb criminal activities, Chinese media reported on Sunday.

Chinese media reports that the E-Patrol Robot Sheriff can identify and follow potential criminals or suspicious individuals using facial recognition technology. In addition to crime prevention, this robotic officer is equipped to monitor air quality and temperature, and it can detect potential criminal activity, safety hazards, and fire risks.

The 1.6-meter-tall robot moves autonomously using a system of cameras and is currently at the Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Henan, where it can identify staff at the station by their work passes.

The new robot follows the debut of a similar Dalek-type robot called the AnBot (“An” meaning for “security” in Chinese) that was released last year at the Shenzhen International Airport.

The new E-Patrol Robot Sheriff has already caught on to its first hazard—it found a small fire on its first day.

An officer wrote: “Thankfully, the robot’s air monitoring and humidity monitoring functions helped us; if not, we’d have a huge mess on our hands.