The police use of robots
The arsenal of the German police is increasingly expanding to include robotised quadrupeds: the ‘Spot’ model from Boston Dynamics, for example, delights millions of people with its dance choreographies and slapstick-like demo videos. These robots have now also been encountered by the population of Shanghai, New York, Los Angeles and Honolulu, as well as visitors to Singapore's parks - each time in the service of the police and regulatory authorities. Spot’ has also been deployed in Germany, after the state of North Rhine-Westphalia acquired two of them. The ‘Police Robots’ project looks at the use of police robots from a legal and ethical perspective.
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Selected publications on the subject
Polizeiroboter: Freund, Helfer, Datensammler
Das Arsenal der deutschen Polizei erweitert sich um robotisierte Vierbeiner: Das Modell „Spot“ von Boston Dynamics ist ein Verkaufsschlager unter Sicherheitsbehörden weltweit – die Länder Baden-Württemberg und Nordrhein-Westfalen haben sich bereits Exemplare angeschafft.
