Animal shelter faces backlash after using robot to scare off homeless people

An animal shelter in San Francisco has been criticized for using a robot security guard to scare off homeless people. The San Francisco branch of the SPCA (the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) hired a K5 robot built by Knightscope to patrol the sidewalks outside its facilities. According to a report from the San Francisco Business Times, the robot was deployed as a "way to try dealing with the growing number of needles, car break-ins and crime that seemed to emanate from nearby ...