Robot in Streets – level 2

10-04-2020 07:00

Police in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, are using a special robot. The robot is patrolling the streets of the city, and it is checking people’s IDs. The police operate it remotely because they do not want to get in contact with people who can be ill.

Tunisia has more than 500 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and the country has been on lock down for almost three weeks. When the robot sees people in the street, it asks them to show their IDs and papers that show that they have a good reason to be outdoors. It has special cameras that check people’s temperature, and it has a sound and light alarm system.

A Tunisian company built the robot, and it is selling the robot mostly overseas. It costs more than $100,000, and companies use it for safety.

Difficult words: patrol (to walk around an area and guard it), ID (an identification card or a document; any official card or document with a person’s name and photograph), remotely (from a distance).

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