The NYPD's New Patrolling Robot is Shaped Like Grimace

We are terrible, as a society, of predicting the future. As far back as the '80s we knew robot cops were coming, but we thought they'd look like this: However, here's the police robot the NYPD is actually (and literally) rolling out next month: Who would've guessed it would have the form factor of McDonaldland character Grimace, without the legs? Created by robot manufacturer Knightscope, the K5 is a wheeled robot just over five feet in height, and weighing in at around 400 pounds....