Friendly 'robocop' helps police in Hungary

A talkative little robot has been enlisted by police in Hungary to help bring an electric jolt to presentations in schools and pensioner clubs. "Hi kids!" said robot "Robi" to a class of primary school children in Szolnok, 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Budapest. "Some things you need to be careful with when using the internet..." he continued in a tinny voice. About 40 centimetres tall and 20 wide (16 by eight inches), and weighing 1.6 kilogrammes (3.5 pounds), Robi's 16-part body stood on a table, gesturing as he talks.
"It grabs the attention more if a robot is talking," Robi's programmer Csaba Erdos, a police educational instructor, told AFP. "It's a new way of communicating and presenting," he said.