- Nov 16, 2011
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Rage against the machine or misunderstood hobo loving? You be the judge.
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfran...obot-homeless-spca-mission-san-francisco.html
The S.F. SPCA in the Mission District started using a security robot about a month ago in its parking lot and on the sidewalks around its campus, which takes up a whole city block at Florida and 16th Streets. [snip]
For the SPCA, the security robot, which they've dubbed K9, was a way to try dealing with the growing number of needles, car break-ins and crime that seemed to emanate from nearby tent encampments of homeless people along the sidewalks.
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Within about a week of the robot starting its automated route along the sidewalks, some people setting up a camp “put a tarp over it, knocked it over and put barbecue sauce on all the sensors,”
For the SPCA, the security robot, which they've dubbed K9, was a way to try dealing with the growing number of needles, car break-ins and crime that seemed to emanate from nearby tent encampments of homeless people along the sidewalks.
[snip]
Within about a week of the robot starting its automated route along the sidewalks, some people setting up a camp “put a tarp over it, knocked it over and put barbecue sauce on all the sensors,”
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfran...obot-homeless-spca-mission-san-francisco.html
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