Robo Cop has no interest in helping out a woman, only in keeping the park clean

[spartaman64]

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Cogo Guebara rushed over to the motorized police officer and pushed its emergency alert button on seeing the brawl break out in Salt Lake Park, Los Angeles, last month. But instead of offering assistance, the egg-shaped robot, whose official name is HP RoboCop, barked at Guebara to ‘Step out of the way’. To add insult to injury, the high-tech device then rolled away while humming an ‘intergalactic tune’, pausing periodically to say ‘Please keep the park clean.’

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‘It just kept ringing and ringing, and I kept pushing and pushing.’ The concerned bystander thought the five-foot tall robot might have needed to see her face before it began to work, so she crouched down in front of its camera.

But the egg-shaped device still didn’t work, forcing Guebara to call 911 on her phone instead. Officers from the Huntington Park Police Department cops finally arrived 15 minutes later, after the row had ended. It left one woman with a bad head wound which saw her stretchered into an ambulance and taken to hospital for emergency treatment.

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Local Police Chief Cosme Lozano says the robots, which cost between $60,000 and $70,000 a year to lease, are still in a trial phase and that their alert buttons have not yet been activated. He said that law enforcement have not yet started advertising the robots crime-fighting activities.

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Lozano added that once the robot completes its trial, calls made using its alert button will be sent straight to dispatch. Other versions of the same model have previously hit the headlines after one fell into a fountain in Washington DC. And a third HP RoboCop struck a child while patrolling a mall in California’s Silicon Valley.

source: https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/04/police-robot-told-woman-go-away-tried-report-crime-sang-song-10864648/?ito=cbshare

 

They seem sort of useless to me in fact they seem worse than useless on account of one striking a child. Surely the police department can find better uses for 70,000 dollars a year. If you want to remind people to keep the park clean just put up signs or something. Heck make them glowing RGB neon disco signs with pyrotechnics going off and they will still be cheaper.

[Derrk]

if you see one of these, push it over. ACAB, even robocops

[Arika]

To be fair, that thing will do nothing in a real situation. In this event it would likely get kicked over and then destroyed. 

 

At most it can send a GPS coordinate to the police station and they can go based on that but then it's rife for abuse and fake callouts

[spartaman64]

Just now, Arika S said:

To be fair, that thing will do nothing in a real situation. In this event it would likely get kicked over and then destroyed. 

 

At most it can send a GPS coordinate to the police station and they can go based on that but then it's rife for abuse and fake callouts

but one of them struck a child so clearly they can use force when needed

[ARikozuM]

If this is made by the HP I'm thinking of, I can see why it doesn't do what it's supposed to do. Also, warranty calls probably take an hour to get to a person. 

[The King of the Undead]

7 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

If this is made by the HP I'm thinking of, I can why it doesn't do what it's supposed to do. Also, warranty calls probably take an hour to get to a person. 

and you can only replace the parts with certain part numbers of thing.

[Stormseeker9]

7 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

If this is made by the HP I'm thinking of, I can why it doesn't do what it's supposed to do. Also, warranty calls probably take an hour to get to a person. 

Have had good experience with HP customer support in Europe to be fair. Get someone on the phone within 2/3 minutes or sometimes direct 

[ARikozuM]

Just now, will4623 said:

and you can only replace the parts with certain part numbers of thing.

And the ink only lasts a week before drying. 

[The King of the Undead]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

And the ink only lasts a week before drying. 

and it needs more paper.

[leadeater]

1 minute ago, will4623 said:

and it needs more paper.

Sorry incorrect paper type was used *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *broken*

[ARikozuM]

Thread: [is derailed]

Me: My job is done here. [warranties into the sunset]

[Tristerin]

57 minutes ago, Derrk said:

if you see one of these, push it over. ACAB, even robocops

Every. Damn. Time.

[leadeater]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Thread: [is derailed]

Me: My job is done here. [warranties into the sunset]

*beep* Please move out of the way *beep*

*boop* Please keep the topic clean *boop*

 

[The King of the Undead]

9 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Sorry incorrect paper type was used *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *jam* *broken*

*fix* incorrect part number.

[Drak3]

Bro just trying to avoid the #Metoo bullcrap. Good on him.

[williamcll]

At least it didn't fell into a pool of water and die.

[Trik'Stari]

I think the bigger problem is the 15 minute response time to calling 911 for a violent crime.

 

Never forget, when seconds matter, the police are just minutes away.

[Bacon soup]

id sit inside a robot shell and make robot noises for $70k. I'd be totally useless too. I'd be perfect for this job.

[NumLock21]

What's those blue circle things on it, are they badges for telling humans to keep the park clean? It needs 3 more badges and then it gets promoted to Captain!

 

HP Robocop does kind of look like the head of a Falcon Heavy doe.

[Okjoek]

Robotic enemy of the proletariat.

[LAwLz]

To be fair, it is a trial run with limited functionality.

Yes it has its problems, but that's why it is still just a trial. It struck a child? Yes, that's why it needs more testing.

 

It's hard to release a flawless product without testing it first, especially one that interacts with humans.

The biggest issue here is that the button was exposed which lead the person to assume it was working.

 

 

Although... The more I think about it the more I question what the purpose of this is. What are these robots suppose to do when they have exited trial and are ready for prime time?

Pretty much everyone has a phone these days so it calling the police is kind of pointless.

[greenhorn]

10 hours ago, Derrk said:

if you see one of these, push it over. ACAB, even robocops

If someone gets caught pushing that thing over, that person can claim the robot begged for some "percussive maintenance" by playing a specific beep code

10 hours ago, spartaman64 said:

but one of them struck a child so clearly they can use force when needed

That robot probably operated under the "only mess with people at least the same height as yourself" rule, which might have led to that error in judgment.

Honestly, I the police wanted to create some mechanical, intimidating cops/assistants, it should rather build something like the Borg in Star Trek. Nothing beats hearing "Resistance is futile" during a chase.

[WereCatf]

10 hours ago, spartaman64 said:

and that their alert buttons have not yet been activated

Then they should fucking SAY SO! Jesus Christ, just ignoring someone who rushes over to push the alert-button is fucking inane and you're wasting their time -- something which could literally be a matter life and death in the worst -- when you're not even saying that the button is non-functional!

[The King of the Undead]

10 hours ago, Bacon soup said:

id sit inside a robot shell and make robot noises for $70k. I'd be totally useless too. I'd be perfect for this job.

still better than a robot that hits children.

Edited October 11, 2019 by will4623
and a idiot who can't spell.

[lewdicrous]

From the pic provided, you can't really see "trial version" or anything, they should clearly state that or have a something covering the emergency alert button.

 

Also, missed opportunity to call it 'park patrol'