K5 robot patrolling and monitors all

 American society Knightscope tests under real conditions a surveillance robot
 Autonomous launches in Silicon Valley ( California). The K5 has multiple
 sensors, cameras and recognition systems, through which it can collect
 and analyze data in order to raise the alarm in case of danger .
This robot - vigil will be offered for rental to private companies or
 police to secure malls , schools
 and all kinds of buildings. K5 can move so autonomous
 I see 360 , including at night, and read license plates.
 The idea is to use it to monitor particular campuses,
 shopping centers, schools, parks or neighborhoods . he
 play security officers , weapon in hand.
 The K5 is just over 1.5m tall and weighs 136 kg . shape
 cylinder is not reminiscent of the friendly R2D2 Star Film
 Wars . The three-wheeled chassis is based on that of the Segway .
 The prototype that will be deployed next year has four
 HD cameras arranged so as to provide him a field
 of 360 °. These cameras work at night and can also make thermal imaging. The robot is
 autonomous in its movements through lidar , laser remote sensing system that produces a 3D mapping
 the environment, and GPS that allows it to geotag . Ultrasonic sensors are used it to determine
 the proximity of objects or people in motion. K5 can evolve at a maximum speed of 29 km / h
 but his pace patrol will be between 1.5 and 5 km / h. Its battery offers a battery life of 24 hours,
 it can automatically return to its charging station.

With a scanner and optical character recognition technology, K5 can read the plates regis-
 tration of vehicles. By combining these data with the police, he can identify a stolen vehicle or
 fugitive, then send an alert . Knightscope account rapidly evolve its robot to make it even more
 performance . Microphones analyze the ambient noise to detect such cries and shots
 fire. There are also plans to use the cameras for face recognition based on foundations
 data.
 Finally , K5 will also be equipped with sensors to detect radiation and chemical fumes and bacteriological
 logics. This flow of information will be treated in real time by a predictive software that can trigger the sending of a
 alert to the human operator to control the robot . All data collected during a surprise round
 surveillance will be saved and sent to the operators concerned.

Thanks to technology , Knightscope think I can bring down crime by 50% in an area covered by the
 robot - guard . From 2015 , it has hire him for $ 1,000 a month for 40 hours of use
 week . K5 can be configured according to the type of task assigned to it . And one can imagine that his
 analysis software will be perfected as , thanks to the data collected in the field.
 The company would see the secure schools or campuses , which were the many theater
 miscellaneous murderers in recent years in the United States . K5 could also attend the vigils at
 concerts or sporting events. Besides, Knightscope has an agreement with FIFA for it to be tested during
 World Cup football to be held in Brazil next summer. Talks are also underway
 with shopping centers , an insurance company and security companies.
 Impressive it is the technical point of view, this monitoring raises several issues,
 primarily those of the collection , retention and use of data recorded by the cameras and
 sensors . How to ensure that a private company that will rent a K5 does not serve to make the supervision
 lance or abusive profiling for commercial purposes ? What happens if the robot is wrong and triggers an alert incorrectly ?
 Knightscope ensures that it will not record conversations on the fly , but how to be sure? William
 Santana Li, founder and CEO of Knightscope , explained that all the information collected was used to launch
 an alert will be made public in real time via an online platform . But more generally , it
 believes that privacy issues raised by the K5 are less important than the benefits it brings
 safety . Give up some of his private life to be better protected , this is a speech that is not
 and again we hear more and more often.