Police Patrol Robot Meant to Keep Neighborhoods Safe Becomes the Star of an Accident

On the afternoon of September 28, an autonomous patrol robot operated by Goyang Police collided with a folding table holding flowerpots at Hwajeong Station plaza, knocking the table over and scattering the pots. Photos of the scene circulated on social media, where users joked that the robot had been “caught in the act” and locked in a cell.

Language it was published in

zh-CN

Date it happened

2026-09-28

Organisation involved

Goyang Police Station

Product, system or model

Goyang Polybot

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