Monday, November 24, 2014

Robot Security Gaurds

For the past year, Knightscope has been busy creating a robot security guard known as K5.  This 5-foot-tall, 300 pound robot might look harmless, however, it is not something you want to mess with.  It uses its sensors and four HD cameras to detect any suspicious movement in a building at night.  There is also a weather sensor to measure carbon dioxide levels, temperature and barometric pressure to insure there is no unusual activity.  The K5 is connected to Wi-Fi to communicate with those who will monitor it and its warning signals.  It is not equipped with any weapons, however, with a warning alarm system.  The alarms progressively become more intense for the longer threat remains. On the other hand, if you are need of assistance, you could press a bottom on the top of the K5 and it will send a notice to the control center, and summon someone to the scene.  So far, only seven have been build, however four more are on its way.  These robots can replace jobs that are life threatening, which can be viewed as a good or bad thing.


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  1. There are definitely up sides to this new technology. No doubt it is more capable than a human to detect certain activities, but it lacks judgement. A way to solve this problem is to allow a human to control it, this way there are no problems.

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    1. I agree with you. I believe with this design they are going to have someone monitor the security robots from a central command room. This would also be less room for casualties since there aren't real people there on site.

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