The Mayor of New York, Eric Adamsand the City Police Department (NYPD) presented this Tuesday various robots that will help agents keep the Big Apple safe, including digidoga police dog robot that was removed by the previous mayor due to criticism.

“Today, we are announcing three new police technologies in New York City: the autonomous security robot K5the robot digidog and the accessory Star Chase GPS“, announced in a press conference held in Times Square the police commissioner, Keechant Sewell.

The city has purchased two Digidogs with various accessories -such as a gas detector- for $750,000 (688,131 euros) and will rent the two other technologies to carry out a pilot test that will begin this summer for $1,750 per month.

“I look for the best for the city. And the three (tools) that we are launching today are just the beginning,” the mayor and former police officer, who declared himself a great fan of technology, told the media. The K5 robot is equipped with various cameras, sensors and artificial intelligencewhich allows you to provide real-time information to agents.

This technology has been used in various areas of the US and has helped, among other things, with shootings in malls.

After six months of testing, the robot will patrol both the square times square as by its subway stations, according to the NYPD.

The StarChase system works by attaching a GPS suction cup – either manually or by launching it from a vehicle – to a fleeing vehicle and the tool allows track the vehicle in real time.

This technology will allow NYPD officers to remotely track a vehicle, thus preventing a vehicle chase through the streets of New York. The Digidogs -as they already passed the pilot test at the time- will be incorporated directly into the NYPD.

This yellow robot made by Boston Dynamics it was so criticized by various civil rights advocates that the previous administration – headed by Bill de Blasio – stopped using it and it was turned over to the fire department.

Adams said that if a person has a loved one who is kidnapped, they will appreciate that this machine, which walks on all fours and has a claw with a camera where a dog’s head would normally be, is among the patrol.

NYPD noted that none of these tools have facial recognition.