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Matt O Brien and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
Associated Press
HONOLULU If you re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don t have a fever.
That s just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, the best-known of a new commercial category of robots that trot around with animal-like agility.
The handful of police officials experimenting with the four-legged machines say they re just another tool, like existing drones and simple wheeled robots, to keep emergency responders out of harm s way as they scout for dangers. But privacy watchdogs – the human kind – warn that police are secretly rushing to buy the robots without setting safeguards against aggressive, invasive or dehumanizing uses.
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