In the eternal battle of them that have vs them that want, and with dystopian images of urban poachers roaming the countryside, a spinout from ETH Zürich has the answer.
From Reuters via EuroNews, May 25:
Meet the AI-powered robot replacing humans as security guards in Switzerland
The robot frees up a single human to patrol large outdoor areas that normally require significant staffing but at a lower cost, its creator says.
Amid labour shortages and growing attention to safety, security companies around the world have been looking to deploy robots on patrol duty.
In Europe, people living in Switzerland have been seeing an autonomous two-wheeled robot roaming around the country for the past six months.
The patrol bot, developed by a robotics start-up from ETH Zurich, Ascento, has been acting as a guard for Swiss security firm Securitas AG.Ascento says its patrol robots have been providing an added layer of security and enhancing operational efficiency at several test sites, including a Swiss railway depot.
It has foldable "legs" and wheels as "feet". Its "head" houses the computer, battery, sensors, and cloud based-AI....
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Okay, they don't explicitly mention estates or gamekeepers but that's the first thing I thought of.
Plus, I don't see why they couldn't double as gun-bearers and beaters for your own hunts.
Dress them up! Since they don't have forelocks to tug, perhaps a Heather Buchanan Wax Flat Cap (£14.95) will allow your robot to show the right combination of deference and obsequience when tipping the cap:
