A robot has been detained by police at a political rally in Moscow, with authorities attempting to handcuff the machine.
The rally was for Valery Kalachev, a candidate for the Russian Parliament, who had rented the robot for his campaign.
Police have not confirmed why they detained the machine named Promobot, but local media was reporting the company behind the robot said police were called because it was “recording voters’ opinions on [a] variety of topics for further processing and analysis by the candidate’s team”.
A Promobot representative suggested it was detained because “perhaps this action wasn’t authorised”.
via ABC News
