交整機器人：非洲人的創意

誰說非洲人沒創意?

看看這個剛果共和國首都金夏沙的交整機器人，具有太陽能、配備著交通號誌、測速照相，搭配著手勢指揮交通，誰敢不服從?

路口交整十分危險，隨時要提防被車撞，台灣是否也應該從非洲進口這種交整機器人，以減少員警執行路口交整的危險呢?

Source: http://www.neatorama.com/2014/02/05/Robots-Direct-Traffic-in-Kinshasa/#!beLXeo

The robots are taking over! Two giant robots have taken over the jobs of traffic police in Kinshasa, the capital of Congo. Sure, they do the same things as traffic lights and speed cameras do here in the U.S. but the robots are huge, novel, and intimidating. More intimidating than a live policeman in the same occupation. Compliance with traffic rules is up, and both drivers and pedestrians follow the robots signals better than they obeyed the cops.

The solar-powered robot is equipped with multiple cameras, opening the potential for monitoring traffic and issuing tickets. “If a driver says that it is not going to respect the robot because it’s just a machine the robot is going to take that and there will be a ticket for him,” said Isaie Therese, the engineer behind the project said in an interview with CCTV Africa. “We are a poor country and our government is looking for money. And I will tell you that with the roads the government has built, it needs to recover its money.”

See more pictures of the robots at the Washington Post. -via Nag on the Lake