'Show me your ID': Tunisia deploys 'robocop' to enforce coronavirus lockdown

A police robot is patrolling the streets of the capital calling out suspected violators of the lockdown

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Tunisia’s interior ministry has sent a police robot to patrol the streets of the capital and enforce a lockdown imposed last month as the country battles the spread of coronavirus.

Known as PGuard, the “robocop” is remotely operated and equipped with infrared and thermal imaging cameras, in addition to a sound and light alarm system.

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