MONTERREY: A pack of robot dogs will help Mexican police tackle crime during the 2026 World Cup this summer, authorities said Monday.
The four-legged robots are designed to enter dangerous areas and broadcast live video back to security forces, who can watch before taking action during the football tournament.
The global spectacle, which will take place from June 11 to July 19, is being hosted by Mexico alongside the United States and Canada.
The animaloid robots were acquired for 2.5 million pesos ($145,000) by the city council of Guadalupe, part of the Monterrey metro area, which will host one of the World Cup venues.
A video released by the local government shows one of the robots walking on four legs through an abandoned building and climbing stairs, though with some difficulty.
The robo-hound can be seen transmitting live images to a group of police officers walking stealthily behind it.
In the demonstration the canine robot encounters an armed man and orders him to drop his gun using a loudspeaker.
The purpose of the robot dogs is “to support police officers with initial intervention... to protect the physical safety of officers,” said Guadalupe mayor Hector Garcia.
They will be deployed “in case of any altercation,” he added.
BBVA Stadium, which will be known as Estadio Monterrey during the tournament, will host four matches.
Robot dogs to help Mexican police at 2026 World Cup
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Robot dogs to help Mexican police at 2026 World Cup
- The four-legged robots are designed to enter dangerous areas and broadcast live video back to security forces
Trump ‘very disappointed’ with UK’s Starmer for blocking use of air bases, Telegraph says
- UK PM then said bases could be used in “defensive” operations
- Trump says it took “too long” for Starmer to change his mind
LONDON: Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not allowing the US to use the Diego Garcia air base to carry out strikes on Iran, the Daily Telegraph quoted the US president as saying in an interview.
Britain had reportedly initially denied the US permission to conduct air strikes from its bases, but on Sunday evening Starmer said he was accepting a request for their use in any “defensive” strikes the US wanted to make against Iranian targets.
In an interview published on Monday Trump told the British newspaper that it took “too long” for Starmer to change his mind.
“That’s probably never happened between our countries before,” he told the Telegraph, adding: “It sounds like he was worried about the legality.”
Trump said Starmer should have approved from the get-go the American use of Diego Garcia — a strategically important US-UK air base in the Indian Ocean — saying Iran was responsible for killing “a lot of people from your country.”
Britain was not involved in the joint US-Israel air strikes on Iran that killed the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday.
Since attacks on Iran started on Saturday, Iran has been targeting Gulf countries with missiles, and on Sunday an Iranian-made drone hit Britain’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus, causing limited damage and no casualties.
Trump said it was “useful” that the US would now be able to launch operations from Diego Garcia, as he also criticized a deal Starmer has made over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, where Diego Garcia is based.
