GOOD COP…ROBO COP? INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS WANT AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS TO INCREASE SECURITY MEASURES
July 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
IT might sound like science fiction, but airport managers really are exploring the use of robots to boost security at airports. Partly this is because for some potentially extreme events, it is better to put a robot in harm's way, rather than humans.
In the USA, Boston's Logan International Airport has started using a wheeled robot developed by Massachusetts' Black i Robotics for enhanced security, particularly for detecting and disarming explosives with a mechanical arm. And given bombs are thankfully not common at Logan, these remote-controlled ...
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