Robot replaced police and traffic lights

Two robots combine police missions and new traffic lights to appear on streets in Congo.

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According to Odditycentral, the two robots combine the features of the light towers and take on the role of traffic policemen performing tasks on the two avenues of Triomphal and Huileries Avenue in the capital Kinshasa.

Robots are rather rudimentary and eye-catching designs with box-shaped shapes and two moving arms with lights attached. The robot is about 2.5 meters high, made of aluminum, stainless steel to stand in harsh weather conditions and operated by solar panels.

Traffic Robot in Congo street. (Photo taken from video)

Built-in cameras are located inside the robot to record traffic information on the road. This information will then be transferred to a control center where the traffic law violation case is analyzed.

Demouto Motumbo, a resident of Kinshasa, said that the driver of the vehicle often tended not to obey the traffic lights seriously, but a human-like robot attracted their attention and make them comply.

According to the robotics research team, the arrival of traffic robots will reduce the number of accidents in the area and maintain order on the streets. Isaie Therese, a research engineer at the Kinshasa Institute of Advanced Technology, hopes the initiative will be supported by the government and that traffic robots will appear in more streets.