This is how it begins. Robot security guards may well soon be guarding our nuclear facilities. Soon Skynet will have everything in place…Rachel Metz wrote:

• Knightscope is a startup that is building a security robot called K5.
• The robocops are equipped with four cameras, license plate recognition ability, microphones, and a weather sensor that can monitor things such as carbon dioxide levels and ambient temperature.
• If they detect anomalous behaviour like somebody walking when or where they shouldn’t, it’ll let a remote security hub know.
• Its battery lasts a day, and the system is set to automatically recharge itself when required.
• While K5 isn’t armed, if somebody tries to detain it it’ll sound an ear-piercing alarm that will perhaps dissuade the assailant and alert human security to the problem.
• If a victim needs help they can tap the top of the robot to alert emergency personnel.
• There are several use cases for K5. It could be an escort on demand service for people on college campuses.
• Knightscope plans to charge $6.25 an hour for the robot’s services, or, roughly half the hourly wages that guards currently earn, in a bid to compete against them.

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Source: MIT Technology Review