The real Robocops...
Standing around 8 feet tall (not including the large concrete platform erected to hold the robots) and run by solar power the robots look like happy 1960s automatons. LED screens on the robotic arms and chest tell pedestrians when to stop and go. Cameras record the vehicles passing by so that anyone breaking the law can be sent a ticket after the fact.
Kinshasa launched the robots in late 2013, and when the media blitz hit in late January the traffic situation was improved. The novelty of the humanoid traffic signals has not yet worn off and their larger than life presence on the street is still helping to control the traffic congestion.
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