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Hi-tech Singapore has been deployed on a remote site – arresting the attention of amused passers-by who stopped to snap selfies.
The white, four-wheeled buggy, measuring about five-feet (1.5 meters), trundled around the perimeter of a convention center in the city-state, providing additional security at a meeting of world leaders.
The so far unnamed robot, decked out with flashing blue and red lights, is a prototype reportedly developed by the police, which can be transmitted to a 360-degree picture of the area it is patrolling.
It navigates independently on a pre-mapped route and can avoid obstacles, local media reported, police citing.
But rather than fearing the long robotic arm of the law, many passers-by were amused by the device, with some mistaking it for a gigantic toy.
A handful stopped to snap oneself, while one man marched next to it grinning broadly as it wheeled slowly around the convention center.
"It's so cute, it looks like a toy," said Chinese holidaymaker Ruan Min, taking a picture of her four-year-old daughter chased the robot down the street.
Singapore, known for its strict law and order, has had its headquarters in the United States, and is organized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and attended by 20 world leaders.
(This story has been edited by Business Standard staff and is self-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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