23/06/2026
A robot and policing job legal story... US police department has retired a security robot less than a year after deploying it in a public parking garage after it failed to make any arrests or issue a single citation.
Police said the technology ultimately โdid not meet operational needsโ.
The robot was intended to act as a visible security presence while collecting surveillance footage and monitoring activity within the garage.
The retirement of the robot comes amid wider debate about the effectiveness and value of automated security technologies in public spaces.
DubBot had become a familiar sight in the garage, patrolling the facility and recording footage, but the city has now ended the experiment and returned responsibility for monitoring the site to human officers.