Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Chinese <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> Deploy Rolling BB-8-Style <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robot</span></a> to Patrol Streets, Chase Down Suspects<br>Rolling robots have been deployed in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wenzhou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wenzhou</span></a> in Zhejiang province and, while they look fun, they’re actually armed with net-guns and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/teargas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teargas</span></a> <br>Named the “<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Rotunbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rotunbot</span></a>” or “<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RTG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTG</span></a>” for short, created by researchers at Zhejiang University on behalf of a Shenzen-based <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LogonTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LogonTechnology</span></a>. It reportedly weighs about 275lb, travel up to 22mph and only takes a few seconds to reach speed.<br><a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/chinese-police-deploy-spherical-robot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/the-byte/chinese-</span><span class="invisible">police-deploy-spherical-robot</span></a></p>