China’s policing robot: Cattle prod meets supercomputer

China's fastest supercomputers have some clear goals, namely development of its AI, robotics industries and military capability, says the U.S.
But some of the early iterations of this effort seem a little weird.
China recently deployed what it calls a "security robot" in a Shenzhen airport. It's named AnBot and patrols around the clock. Here's what AnBot looks like, according to a Chinese government newspaper, The People's Daily online. And here is AnBot with its electric cattle prod-like devic