robotic prison guard… for real

A prison in Pohang, South Korea is testing the world’s first robot prison guard. The US$879,000 robot is able to self-direct patrols, by following the navigation tags along the corridor ceilings, and can detect abnormal prisoner activity and alert its controllers.

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via Design Taxi

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