Lexi Alexander, the director of "Execution Style, " who said she forfeited part of her fee to hire a specialty camera operator, joined the project to keep pace with an industry changing fast.

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The two-wheeled bot is equipped with a low-resolution monochrome camera that feeds images back to the Operator Control Unit, and since it weighs just a single pound and fits in most cargo pockets, the whole platoon could carry their own in order to really scope out the next bend.

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He says he was firing the camera in hopes the flash would alert the train operator and was not even looking at the viewfinder.

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