Atlanta Falcons Recruit Face-Scanning Robo-Dog Named ‘Benzie’
Security personnel monitoring the Atlanta Falcons football stadium will soon have a new, four-legged, facial recognition-equipped companion roaming by their sides. Starting this season, security at Mercedes-Benz stadium will deploy a dog-like robot designed by Boston Dynamics and controlled by a company called Asylon to monitor the stadium late at night, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The robo-dog’s name is “Benzie.”
Human operators control Bezie from a remote location. The robot dog reportedly operates in 30-minute shifts and spends the remained of its “dog house” charging. Human security staff at the stadium told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution they’ve come to Benzie as a mascot of sorts
“I know it sounds weird, but I think the dog has a personality,” stadium director of physical security and parking Eri cYoung said. “We show the dog off around our stadium. Some people’s reaction is to stop, some kids take off running, but everyone asks questions,
