Dubbot: The Roomba With a Badge

In the podcast episode of Tangent Station, hosts Kev and Willis humorously discuss the ineffective stint of Dubbot, a robot cop in Dublin, Ohio. Despite being equipped with high-tech features, Dubbot failed to make any arrests or issue citations during its nearly one-year long duty in a parking garage. The episode is filled with jokes about the robot's limited capabilities and its hefty $128,000 price tag, making it more of a novelty than a crime deterrent. With no performance metrics to back its existence, Dubbot highlights the often misguided attempts at integrating technology into everyday policing.