LAS VEGAS NV March 5 2021 A new spin to security. The Westland Real Estate Group has launched a fully autonomous security robot at its Liberty Village Apartments in northeast Last Vegas. The security robot is the first in the world to be used in a multi-family residence in an effort to improve the safety and […]
They don’t have a gun. They just have personality. They roll around shopping malls and parking lots, like futuristic Blarts, offering you a sense of modern reassurance. Originally, Knightscope’s robot cops were the source of neighborhood humor. They’d fall in fountains and then proclaim they weren’t dead. Yet we should have worried, perhaps, that these […]
HONOLULU HI Jan 15 2021 The first Honolulu City Council meeting of the year will include a discussion on recent purchases made by the Honolulu Police Department (HPD), which includes a robotic dog with a six-figure price tag. HPD said, the robot will conduct touchless temperature checks and connect unsheltered people with tele-med appointments, but some […]
Houston TX Dec 24 2020 Typically, when a security guard weighs 400 pounds, it means they are not well suited for foot patrols. K5, however, was built for it. Soon the spaceship-shaped sentries will roll into action at transit stops and continue keeping watch on a parking garage at Bush Intercontinental Airport, under tests to see […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. April 21 2020— Knightscope, a developer of physical security technologies utilizing fully autonomous robots, has created and deployed numerous COVID-19 public safety announcements across its fleet of autonomous security robots. Knightscope’s clients are effectively all considered “essential services” (law enforcement agencies, hospitals, security teams, etc.), so the company says it has been […]
SAN ANTONIO TX April 6 2020 – A national company is deploying robots to help stop the spread of Covid-19. Cobalt Robots are a security guard replacement for businesses. The robots can detect threats, while employees are working at home during the pandemic. The indoor robots are equipped with WIFI, cameras and have environmental sensors. They […]
Houston TX Jan 26 2020 Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do? What you gonna do when Officer K5 comes for you? Likely escape if you can move faster than 3 mph, but K5 probably will capture it on video. Robot security guards are coming to a Houston-area transit center, park and ride lot […]
Denton TX Sept 17 2019 When North Central Texas College students park their cars in the new two-story garage across from the school’s new Denton campus, school officials are trusting a new robot to make sure the parking garage stays safe. The Knightscope K5 robot is 5 feet tall and wears an NCTC police badge, […]
HAYWARD, Calif. Aug 23 2019 On August 3, a person kicked and knocked over a 400-pound, security-guard robot that was simply doing its job, patrolling a parking-garage structure. Now, Hayward Police Department is looking for the culprit, and they have photos. The Knightscope K5 unit was able to snap photos of the suspect, “before it took a […]
Huntington Park CA Jun 21 2019 The Huntington Park Police Department is set to unveil “HP RoboCop,” the latest tool in the force’s arsenal that will keep an electronic eye on public areas, the city of Huntington Park announced in a news release. The device is “an autonomous data machine that is meant to […]