Don't stand so close: Singapore trials automated drones to check


  • World
  • Thursday, 06 Aug 2020

An employee of Airobotics, an Israeli company which says it has developed two pilotless drones that are being trialled by Singapore's police to help enforce social distancing measures aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), works at the company's laboratory in Petah Tikva, Israel August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

TEL AVIV/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Beware, Singaporeans standing too close, automated drones might be keeping an eye on you from above.

Singapore's police have been trialling two pilotless drones developed by Israel's Airobotics to help enforce social distancing measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19.

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