Cricket

The HM-02 Cricket was the most first robot to be endorsed by a government. It was also the first robot released by HIVE. The Cricket was widely used as a police support robot.

History
See HIVE.

In 2013, HIVE released its first complete robot to the public. The HM-02 was a sleek, mobile robot the likes of which had never been seen before. It was designed to be a robot that could be easily adopted into police services to lessen the effect on both officers and civilians. It was considered to be one of the best successes in robotics history.

Features
The HM-02 could easily out manuver any Rex and thanks to the Unity AI, had a friendly personality too. It stood a little under six feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. The HM-02 was incredibly fast, and was able to keep up with vehicles driving at 30 mph; this astounding feat was accoplished using its roller blade-like wheels it had on each ankle, which descended onto the foot when it needed to pursue a target. It was equipped with zip-wires, which were reusable handcuffs that could only be unlocked via an electronic transmission.

The HM-02 also made use of weapons if it ever needed to defend citizens or property. It had access to pepper spray and a 9mm gun that could fire both leathal and rubber bullets. At first, many countries were wary of letting a robot loose on patrol, with or without humans at its side but the Japanese government took an interest in the idea and the first HM-02 unit was dispatched, full-time, in Tokyo, and then Osaka. Its smooth black appearance and friendly demeanor earned it the Cricket nickname, which was then used in all future marketing.