Singapore’s streets being patrolled by robot cops

Singapore’s residents are split as robot cops prowling the streets looking for “undesirable social behavior.”

The cyborgs, known as Xavier, have seven cameras that allow them to identify “undesirable social behavior” and groups that are breaking the country’s strict social distance regulations.

Some members of the public are wary of the robocops, fearing that Singapore is heading toward a “dystopian” future.

As per the Local resident Frannie Teo, “It reminds me of ‘Robocop’.

He added, “It brings to mind a dystopian world of robots… I’m just a bit hesitant about that kind of concept.”

According to the Digital rights activist Lee Yi Ting, “It’s dystopian because of the extent to which we are visibly surveilled. But I think that what’s more dystopian for me is that it is normalized and that people are not responding much to this at all.”

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