Chinese robocop placed at crossroads to catch jaywalkers

A Chinese city started using a robotic traffic policeman to catch jaywalkers yesterday. The droid, stationed at a crossroad in the city of Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province, has been programmed to stop and tell off pedestrians who run the red lights. Local authority hoped that the robotic traffic officer could help correct Chinese people's bad habits while crossing roads. Robocop: A robotic traffic police officer was put to use yesterday at a traffic junction in central China's Xiangyang city The robotic cop can send signals through its arm gestures, give verbal warnings to jaywalkers and flash lights as reminders, stated in a report in gmw.cn. The head of the robot serves as a surveillance camera which can record offensive behaviour on the road. It is stationed on a refuge island at a crossing on Tanxi road to monitor the pedestrians of Xiangyang.