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The Roboguard Revolution is Short-Circuiting proofnews.org/the-roboguard-revolution-is-short-circuiting
Knightscope knightscope.com
Security Company Is Replacing a Mall Robot That Fell Into a Fountain to the Internet’s Delight nytimes.com/2017/07/18/technology/robot-cop-fountain.html
Crime-fighting robot hits, rolls over child at Silicon Valley mall latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-crimefighting-robot-hurts-child-bay-area-20160713-snap-story.html
Robot falls for the oldest trick in the book instagram.com/reels/DT3d337Eluj

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