Arlington Unleashes Robots on Its Sidewalks - Washingtonian

Arlington Unleashes Robots on Its Sidewalks - Washingtonian

Arlington County's new sidewalk checking robots. Photo of courtesy of the Arlington Department of Environmental Services. You could have a robot wink at you on your next run or walk. Recently, the Arlington County released a small fleet of robots—complete with eyes that can wink or display hearts—into the wild as part of a 20-day pilot program between the county and a company called Kiwibot. Originally intended as food delivery robots, the robot…