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robotspotlighttraffic violationstraffic copsWith a harsherbeing shone onacross the city these days, an automatic rise in consciousness about complying with traffic rules has also been a natural by-product. Roadeo is a multi-functional robot that has been gifted by our team to the traffic department. Amidst this increased attention of the traffic police towards enforcing norms on city roads — especially their recently launched mandatory helmet drive — the same department is now also taking to a rather futuristic method to maintain traffic flow and spread awareness about the task at hand.Now, the authorities will soon be introducing a robot named ‘Roadeo’ to trundle around city roads, functioning as a quasi-traffic policeman and cautioning commuters about traffic rules and offences.Interestingly, Roadeo will be the first robot to be used by any traffic department across the entire country. Besides this, the robot is equipped with a siren, skid-steering wheels and obstacle-detection sensors.Sandeep Gautam, head at SP Robotics Maker Lab, told Mirror, “The robot was built over a couple of months last year by the children, who are from Classes VII and VIII. Roadeo’s hands have been engineered to move and show stop signs to vehicles..