Forsyth County Sheriff showcases humanoid robot with advanced capabilities
By Wanya Reese
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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough gave WXII 12 News an exclusive look at a humanoid robot that could soon be seen in Forsyth County.
“I’m going to show you something. You can’t push him down, and if he did fall down, he would hop back up,” Kimbrough said.
The robot, called a “humanoid,” is part of a partnership with Artificial Intelligence Robotics Arts R&D at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts/Center for Design Innovation in Winston-Salem. It is capable of running, walking, and even dancing.
When it comes to crime, the robot can map out a crime scene or an event using 3D technology.
Kimbrough shared that the humanoid can be used to fight crime in other ways.
“We can send the humanoid into that same situation and accomplish the same thing: hostage negotiations, breach the door, go inside the house, do all the talking and recording. I can program it to do whatever I want it to do, hit buttons. As you saw, it started fighting, started dancing, and it talks. Any motion I want it to do, I can program it to do,” Kimbrough said.
Currently, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office does not own the robot, which costs $75,000. Kimbrough did not specify if or when the office would purchase it, but said, “It is coming to a town near you soon.”
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