In the California mall began to watch the robot police

In the state of California, autonomous police robots took over law enforcement . Robots patrol shopping malls and other public places. They can not yet prevent crimes or detain criminals on their own, but they hang around the perimeter tirelessly and can capture an attempt to commit a crime or identify suspicious activity.

The creators of the robot from the company Knightscope say that the terrible tragedy at Sandy Hook school inspired them to develop this device when children were killed as a result of the shooting. Later, the investigation found that, if the police arrived just a minute earlier, they could save 12 lives.
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For the first time about the robots from Knightscope became known in 2014 . The first tests were scheduled for 2015, but the development was a bit delayed. So far, robots are being run in real conditions.


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Robots often replace people in doing tedious and monotonous work. Patrolling streets and buildings is a recurring job that requires constant attention. A robot with cameras, a microphone and other sensors installed on it can scan the surrounding reality without getting tired.

If the pattern recognition system caught something suspicious (for example, the number of the car in the hijacking was recognized), or the microphone recorded a loud sound (for example, breaking glass), the robot sends information to the console. An operator can connect to the robot at any time and transfer control to manual mode. Information is transmitted to the company's cloud service, and from there, for example, it can be sent to a guard’s smartphone responsible for the security of the territory.



The robot is specially designed to make a friendly impression - and at the same time it is covered with a special anti-vandal plastic. It is equipped with an emergency call button police. The company said that people are positive about robots, taking pictures with them. Two times on the surface of the robot, employees found traces of lipstick.

The cost of renting robots is still $ 7 per hour. For California, this is less than a person’s payment, even at the minimum rate ($ 10 per hour). The site Glassdoor hints that the salary of a security guard is 2-3 times higher than his robot replacement.