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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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INSANE: China puts robocops on traffic duty minus the arrest powers | Vintage Vibes

It is not quite the "RoboCop" of the 1987 movie: ​no gun, no power to arrest and ​wheels rather than the Hollywood cyborg's mechanical stride.

But at a busy intersection in the ​eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, the 1.88-m (6-foot-2-inch) robot can spot a helmetless e-bike rider, issue a polite warning and swing its mechanical arms in sync with traffic lights.

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