Innovations: There’s a giant robot directing traffic in Congo

This is the real deal... Africans stepping up their game!!
According to the Washington post..While red light and speed cameras are increasingly common in the
United States, we’ve yet to see machines enlisted that look like actual
robots. In Kinshasa, the capital city of Congo, two large robots are
being used in place of police officers to direct traffic and
pedestrians.

The solar-powered robot is equipped with multiple cameras, opening
the potential for monitoring traffic and issuing tickets. “If a driver
says that it is not going to respect the robot because it’s just a
machine the robot is going to take that and there will be a ticket for
him,” said Isaie Therese, the engineer behind the project said in an
interview with CCTV Africa.
“We are a poor country and our government is looking for money. And I
will tell you that with the roads the government has built, it needs to
recover its money.”