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Hangzhou fields autonomous traffic robots with cameras and radar to direct traffic and flag violations
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The Chinese city of Hangzhou has deployed autonomous traffic-control robots that use cameras and radar to signal traffic and identify violations, though they lack arrest power or weapons.
This is a live deployment of autonomous mobile robots in a municipal traffic-management role, not a pilot or concept. Engineers building autonomous or smart-city systems should note the operational boundaries: these units monitor and signal but stop short of enforcement, relying on separate processes for that.
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Hangzhou has deployed autonomous traffic-control robots equipped with cameras and radar.
The robots can signal traffic and flag violations but have no power to arrest and carry no weapons.
The units move on wheels rather than walking and are framed as practical tools, not sci-fi equivalents.
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