Authorities in Mexico have unveiled their futuristic plans to make use of a gaggle of ‘robot dogs’ to help police in surveillance and crime prevention in the course of the 2026 World Cup.
Hector Garcia Garcia, the mayor of Guadalupe, situated within the state of Nuevo Leon, presented his recent ‘K9-X Division’ on Monday, made up of 4 crime-fighting androids equipped with ‘cutting-edge’ technology.
The metallic four-legged creatures – which might not look misplaced in dystopian sci-fi classic Blade Runner – have been designed to enter dangerous situations and transmit live footage to assist security personnel discover trouble before taking motion.
‘That is the police force that can help protect the World Cup!’, Guadalupe’s mayor Garcia exclaimed in the course of the presentation.
It’s hoped the robots will support in patrolling large areas and detecting unusual behaviours and objects, while identifying abnormal crowd patterns.
They were acquired by the municipality bordering Monterrey which is home to the Estadio BBVA, considered one of the 16 venues chosen for this summer’s eagerly anticipated tournament in Mexico, Canada and the US.
A video released by local government in Guadalupe shows considered one of the robots walking on all fours through an abandoned constructing and climbing steps with – it have to be said – some difficulty.
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Within the demonstration footage, considered one of the ‘dogs’ encounters an armed man before ordering the person in query to drop his weapon via a loudspeaker.
‘Guadalupe is a pioneer in including this recent security system, which features video cameras, night vision lenses, voice command and warning, made with resistant materials capable enter rugged spaces,’ an announcement read.
Garcia explained the the final word goal of the robots was to support police with ‘first intervention’ and to ‘protect the physical integrity of officers’ tackling crime.
‘With an investment of roughly 2.5 million pesos (£106,000), the robot dogs are a part of the great security strategy, which incorporates the usage of drones, a C4 centre equipped with recent software, and greater than 100 recent patrols,’ Garcia added.
The Estadio BBVA, home of Liga MX outfit CF Monterrey, will host a complete of 4 matches at this yr’s World Cup in June and July.
The primary of those games will happen on June 14, involving Tunisia and the winner of UEFA’s Path B (Ukraine, Sweden, Poland or Albania) in Group F.
Tunisia will return to the stadium to face off against Japan six days later, before South Korea and South Korea do battle there in a Group A contest on June 24.
There may also be a round of 23 fixture held at the bottom on June 29, featuring the winner of Group F and the team that finishes as runner-up in Group C.
Guadalajara and Mexico City are the 2 other Mexican cities chosen to host matches on the World Cup, with greater than five hundreds of thousands fans expected to flock to the country to look at the motion.
‘Mexico is hosting a World Cup for the third time and Mexico City for the fourth time. We forget that in 1971 we also had the Women’s World Cup, it will be important to say,’ Josefina Rodriguez Zamora, Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism, explained ultimately month’s Tourism and Investment Forum in Madrid
‘It’s estimated that greater than five million travellers will watch the matches, but that just isn’t the large challenge.
‘The challenge is that these visitors will travel throughout the country and that, when you arrive at a venue, you’ll want to visit Oaxaca, you’ll want to return to Merida, Los Cabos, Colima, Chiapas… that you’ll want to know the entire of Mexico.
‘That’s the reason we’ve 32 states throughout the World Cup party, not only three venues, we’re 32. Now we have 13 matches and, most significantly, reference to all of the cities that will probably be World Cup venues, each in the US and Canada.
‘Now we have essentially the most beautiful thing, a rustic that awaits them with open arms.’
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