The K5 security robot will begin patrolling one Silicon Valley campus this year

[Ichingcarpenter]

The Knightscope K5 robot’s 5-foot-tall bullet-shaped frame is impressive. Studded with cameras and sensors and colored Stormtrooper black and white, it really is imposing. But that’s the point: It’s a robot cop, and it doesn’t want you to forget it.

At the Launch Festival today in San Francisco, CEO William Santana Li showed me the robot’s capabilities. The K5 can see, feel, hear and smell to determine whether biochemicals or radiation are present and collect data like license plate numbers, video and thermal images. It charges itself and moves autonomously.

The Knightscope K5 robot’s 5-foot-tall bullet-shaped frame is impressive. Studded with cameras and sensors and colored Stormtrooper black and white, it really is imposing. But that’s the point: It’s a robot cop, and it doesn’t want you to forget it.

At the Launch Festival today in San Francisco, CEO William Santana Li showed me the robot’s capabilities. The K5 can see, feel, hear and smell to determine whether biochemicals or radiation are present and collect data like license plate numbers, video and thermal images. It charges itself and moves autonomously.


Knightscope will test the newest version of its robot, which it revealed in December, with a Silicon Valley company this year. The company will begin offering the robot on a large scale next year. Organizations will be able to “hire” the K5 for eight hour shifts for $1,000 a month. Li said the company already has a waiting list of at least 30 companies.


http://gigaom.com/2014/02/25/the-k5-security-robot-will-begin-patrolling-one-silicon-valley-business-campus-this-year/

[CFLDem]

1. Pretty neat.

The future is now!

[Adrahil]

2. Anyone else expect that thing to shout "EXTERMINATE!" ? NT

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[loli phabay]

3. lol, its either a dalek or an oversize butt plug. not sure which

[hfojvt]

4. it does look like a Dalek

they should have gone with K9

[loli phabay]

8. k9 rocked

[hfojvt]

11. especially at chess

Once he was playing the Doctor and Romona came by and looked at the board and said "interesting, mate in twelve" and K9 said "correction, mistress, eleven" and Romona looks again and says "oh, yeah, I didn't see that one".

Then the Doctor complains "that's the trouble with chess, it's so predictable" then gets up to adjust the Tardis which suddenly lurches and knocks all the pieces over.

[loli phabay]

12. ah romana, the first love of many a kid.

[HappyMe]

5. lol!

Yes, I do!

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. I did ....also

Crush! Kill! Destroy!

[d_r]

13. my first thought was dalek

my second thought, what will we do when skynet becomes self aware?

[loli phabay]

14. we just make sure its a windows operating system and it will shut down daily.

[d_r]

17. ok I lol'd nt

[NuclearDem]

20. "It looks like you're trying to exterminate humanity."

[Pretzel_Warrior]

6. People will be itching to go visit this thing to vandalize it

Should be some pretty good headlines in the near future.

"dildo shaped guardian robot found in ditch with dicks drawn on much of its outer surface"

[loli phabay]

7. like its dalek designers downfall, can it climb stairs.

[hunter]

9. Very appealing target for taggers and graffiti artists, don't you think?

Personally I think it would be funny to put a silly hat on it.

[Ichingcarpenter]

16. Cow tipping

but it has eyes all around its head.

[hunter]

21. That's why you'd wear a gorilla suit.

I'd stick with the silly hat, however.

Bunny ears? A Duck? A clown hat with a big plastic daisy? A toilet plunger?

Is putting a silly hat on a non-sentient robot vandalism?

[FSogol]

15. Did anyone have one of these as a child?

[NuclearDem]

18. Drop your weapon, you have 20 seconds to comply.

[okaawhatever]

19. Supreme Court rules it a person with the ability to donate to campaigns in 3...2...1

[JaneyVee]

22. Definitely related to R2D2