The first Robot in Indian Police

Kerala Police has become the first police force in the country to use a robot for police work.  Named as KP-Bot, the Sub Inspector ranked lady robot will perform duties of the front office of the police headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram. Chief Minister of Kerala, Sh. Pinarayi Vijayan on 19/02/2019 inaugurated the humanoid police robot at the police headquarters in the state.

The KP-Bot will be deployed to perform duties of the front office of the police headquarters which means that it will receive visitors and direct them to different places as and when required.The visitors can directly interact with the SI-ranked KP-Bot. The robot is equipped with facilities to fix appointment with officers, provide them with identity cards and also open new files based on their grievances.

Just like other police officers, the RoboCop is capable of identifying higher officials and greet them with a salute.

Its duties would include identifying and guiding a visitor to the concerned department. It would also enquire about the details of the visitors and record their complaints.

There are plans to update the RoboCop with more features like face recognition and explosive detection.

Last year State Police Chief had announced during the Cocoon Cyber Conference that robots will be introduced in the police force. Following the announcement the project was realised by state police cyberdome and a Kochi based start-up, Asimov.

Courtesy : India Today