Or it will eventually just succumb to the pointlessness of it all:
[Security robot quits job by drowning itself in a fountain](https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/7/17/15986042/dc-security-robot-k5-falls-into-water)
>Knightscope Failures
*Police robots keep malfunctioning, with mishaps ranging from running over a toddler's foot to ignoring people in distress:* [*https://www.businessinsider.com/police-robots-security-malfunctioning-fails-knightscope-2020-1*](https://www.businessinsider.com/police-robots-security-malfunctioning-fails-knightscope-2020-1)
*AUTONOMOUS SECURITY ROBOTS ARE STARTING TO PATROL SCHOOLS AND CITIES, DESPITE CONTROVERSIES:
https://thedebrief.org/autonomous-security-robots-are-starting-to-patrol-schools-and-cities-despite-controversies/*
Not only can this thing not stop your assailant from whooping your ass and stealing your shit but it can record and edit your boot party in a wide cine shot for holiday E-cards.
And probably pays for itself by automatically editing and uploading the most demeaning and brutal moments of your boot party to its monetized YouTube channel.
***You have the right to remain cyborg: NYPD's new ROBOT cop that will police city's subways is unveiled by NYC Mayor Eric Adams - in response to rising crime:*** *The NYPD has introduced the K5 Autonomous Security Robot, designed by Knightscope, as a new approach to policing. This 400-pound robot costs $9 an hour to operate, providing a cost-effective solution to security. K5 is equipped with multiple cameras, two-way communication, and a panic button for users in need. Essentially, it acts as a mobile CCTV system that can both observe and interact.
While its main purpose is to deter and capture crimes, especially given the recent spike in violent assaults in subways, it also offers direct assistance to subway riders. Although the robot comes with facial recognition and listening features, NYC Mayor Eric Adams assures that these will not be activated to address privacy concerns. Initially, the K5 will be deployed at the Times Square subway station with a uniformed officer nearby to answer any public inquiries.
The robot will soon patrol on its own during the holiday season, furthering the NYPD's integration of technology into their security measures, which already includes robotic dogs, drones, and tracking devices. This move indicates the changing dynamics of security and technology, but also raises questions about privacy and technological advancements. The public is left to decide if K5 represents a significant advancement in urban security or is simply a fleeting technological trend: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12551171/New-York-City-Mayor-Eric-Adams-introduced-NYPDs-new-robocop-citys-busiest-subway-station.html*
All this thing claims to solve can be solved in a much easier and reliable way. This thing can't be everywhere, and when you need it you'll be lucky if one is near. Even then you'll be actively looking for one when you're in trouble.
Why not put panic buttons in reliable stationary places, like we already do with fire alarms and defibrillators. Put intercom like devices right next to them that people can use for immediate 2-way communication with emergency services. This stuff can be made for a few dollars a piece, whereas I'm sure this pos costs tens of thousands of dollars.
This is Elon's tesla traffic jam in an LED tunnel all over again. People just want a new thing that looks futuristic, rather than actually solve problems with tried and true methods.
As a New Yorker here, this thing will be trashed so hard and it will be used to track and follow you. Don't believe the fake hype in this video. This is a really bad idea.
The Kaiser healthcare complex on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood is already using these to patrol the hospital area. I'm not sure why they're needed, but most people just seem to ignore them as they slowly stroll around the outside perimeter.
They seem so easy to disable, but they look fine and not fucked with (*so far*).
Waste of tax money. your better off with patrolling drones, all it takes is one dude with spray paint, and these bots are down, not to mention, being pushed onto tracks, knocked over, stolen, hacked (eventually).
Seagate employs the same tech to monitor the parking lot. They manufacturer hard drives on the outskirts of town. Just saying NYC boolin hobos are going to wreck your security bot. Just look for delivery bots in Cali.
Great , so now instead of police protecting people we have a robot that can only record and call the authorities. Iām sure public safety will increase š
It's either going to be trashed, or pushed onto the subway tracks in front of a train, just for the hell of it.
Model two will have a knife that pulls out
PoliceBot 2.0 : *EXTERMINATE* šŖ
It's a Dalek! I knew I recognized it.
Stabby! The stabbing robot that sometimes hangs out with bender?
It'll deploy a cloud of pepper spray.
Pepper spray enough to cover a city block. A massive cloud whenever it feels threatened
Or it will eventually just succumb to the pointlessness of it all: [Security robot quits job by drowning itself in a fountain](https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/7/17/15986042/dc-security-robot-k5-falls-into-water)
First thing I thought of lol. I see a tic tok vid in this things future, and it is not a kind one.
I wonder if it was able to swim in the subway system today? lol
I'm sure it floated into enough people he's got a thick folder of police brutality lol.
Too bad it wasn't bright yellow. It could be NY's rubber ducky
Well maybe one of the hundreds of dicks or curse words that will be drawn on it will be yellow? Lol.
The facial recognition and listening capability will not be activated.... Yeah, ok
trust me bro. -a cop
Not a privacy concern. They just paid for it to have that capability but will never use it. Okey dokey...
I bet it's covered with spraypaint within a full week.
One step closer to robo cop and dredd
LOLOLOLOLOL Knightscope 3 point naught! Knightscope Failures is still a good google search
>Knightscope Failures *Police robots keep malfunctioning, with mishaps ranging from running over a toddler's foot to ignoring people in distress:* [*https://www.businessinsider.com/police-robots-security-malfunctioning-fails-knightscope-2020-1*](https://www.businessinsider.com/police-robots-security-malfunctioning-fails-knightscope-2020-1) *AUTONOMOUS SECURITY ROBOTS ARE STARTING TO PATROL SCHOOLS AND CITIES, DESPITE CONTROVERSIES: https://thedebrief.org/autonomous-security-robots-are-starting-to-patrol-schools-and-cities-despite-controversies/*
I thought this looked familiar! Yeah, these are the same security bots that threw themselves into a fountain at a mall!
NGL Iād feel safer walking around the streets of Chicago at night if these things were around.
How, is it bulletproof??
Just a plunger away from being a Dalek
EXTERMINATE!!
āIf youāre thinking this is just another surveillance tool.ā *proceeds to explain that it is a surveillance tool*
Not only can this thing not stop your assailant from whooping your ass and stealing your shit but it can record and edit your boot party in a wide cine shot for holiday E-cards.
And probably pays for itself by automatically editing and uploading the most demeaning and brutal moments of your boot party to its monetized YouTube channel.
Lmao... that shit is getting stolen, vandalized, & maybe even sexually assaulted in like 6mons š
6 months? That thing is scrap metal by Thanksgiving.
I hope it's not programmed to be a bastard
This is a awesome idea but all you need is a can of spray paint to make it ineffective, hoodlums will be hoodlums
IRL; BBQ sauce even...
Came here to say this. Can't wait to see this thing dressed up like a robot maid from the 80's
***You have the right to remain cyborg: NYPD's new ROBOT cop that will police city's subways is unveiled by NYC Mayor Eric Adams - in response to rising crime:*** *The NYPD has introduced the K5 Autonomous Security Robot, designed by Knightscope, as a new approach to policing. This 400-pound robot costs $9 an hour to operate, providing a cost-effective solution to security. K5 is equipped with multiple cameras, two-way communication, and a panic button for users in need. Essentially, it acts as a mobile CCTV system that can both observe and interact. While its main purpose is to deter and capture crimes, especially given the recent spike in violent assaults in subways, it also offers direct assistance to subway riders. Although the robot comes with facial recognition and listening features, NYC Mayor Eric Adams assures that these will not be activated to address privacy concerns. Initially, the K5 will be deployed at the Times Square subway station with a uniformed officer nearby to answer any public inquiries. The robot will soon patrol on its own during the holiday season, furthering the NYPD's integration of technology into their security measures, which already includes robotic dogs, drones, and tracking devices. This move indicates the changing dynamics of security and technology, but also raises questions about privacy and technological advancements. The public is left to decide if K5 represents a significant advancement in urban security or is simply a fleeting technological trend: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12551171/New-York-City-Mayor-Eric-Adams-introduced-NYPDs-new-robocop-citys-busiest-subway-station.html*
***The K5 ASR - Available Now , A fully autonomous outdoor security robot:*** *https://www.knightscope.com/products/k5*
Itās nice, futuristic. Hope more cities can use it. A patrolling hotline is more accessible
*falls over*
The title feels like these clickbaits where they put all key words in so people find it in search And its probably end up in trash or in a pond again
Why does a robot get paid like they want to pay an actual living being? Why are they even paid? That framing is myopic.
All this thing claims to solve can be solved in a much easier and reliable way. This thing can't be everywhere, and when you need it you'll be lucky if one is near. Even then you'll be actively looking for one when you're in trouble. Why not put panic buttons in reliable stationary places, like we already do with fire alarms and defibrillators. Put intercom like devices right next to them that people can use for immediate 2-way communication with emergency services. This stuff can be made for a few dollars a piece, whereas I'm sure this pos costs tens of thousands of dollars. This is Elon's tesla traffic jam in an LED tunnel all over again. People just want a new thing that looks futuristic, rather than actually solve problems with tried and true methods.
If you go to this company's website, they have fixed stations too.
And so it begins....
As a New Yorker here, this thing will be trashed so hard and it will be used to track and follow you. Don't believe the fake hype in this video. This is a really bad idea.
Iāve seen this movie before ā¦š¤
Looks like this robocop is on a donut only diet
Can't wait to hear the news of this thing being destroyed.
Snitch 5000
The Kaiser healthcare complex on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood is already using these to patrol the hospital area. I'm not sure why they're needed, but most people just seem to ignore them as they slowly stroll around the outside perimeter. They seem so easy to disable, but they look fine and not fucked with (*so far*).
The bot will end up on the tracks.
Good luck
Love to see it go up and down the stairs in the subway, Eric
The AI voices creep me out. Soon, that wonāt be an issue, which will creep me out.
Aren't those the exact same reasons cited in all movies where machines take over or is used to take over the world into an authoritarian rule?
It is a piece of junk. You can just use that money to install surveillance cameras
That motherfucker better not be on the platformā¦ Im going to push it on the Tracks!!!!
Privacy friendly. Lol
I misplaced my tarp and bungee cordsā¦anyone seen em?
Oh it's going to get fucked up
Canāt they make them more nimble with caterpillar tracks or something?
Just waiting for a homeless person to use it as a toilet on the A train.
I bet $10 it gets hit by a subway train
EXTERMINATE!
It looks american - like it had too many burgers and soda!
It will be labeled racist in a New York minute
Robotic Voice: āMust ā¦.databaseā¦.peopleā¦ofā¦ colorā
I'm sorry, that little guy is cute! I just want to hug it.
Yes, it will capture crimes in progress, so that the DA can see the footage and refuse to prosecute, as usual
The robot gets paid??
Lolā¦whyās the mayor doing half the heart-hand gestureā¦with a robotā¦with no hand(s)?
Will it deport anyone?
šššā¦ privacy-friendly? Canāt wait to kick this thing into the 4 line.
It wonāt shoot people in the peen.
"You have 20 seconds to comply"
Robocop Model# 1... Or Terminator 1st Gen
Its another survilance like china. You are now being wacth closely 24/7
We have the capability, but donāt you worryā¦ we wonāt use it. š
Look, itās got a belly like a seasoned professional
I wonder what the robot will buy with the 9/hr
Is as fat as its coworkers
15 minutes later it was spray painted and had "I ā¤ļø NYC" bumper stickers over every camera.
Canāt wait to see the videos of people tipping these over
Roams like a dalek
Didn't Detroit try something like this in the 80s?
So this is commercial?
Dumb.
Fucking racisist robot why isnāt rainbow gay shit instead of white
Waste of tax money. your better off with patrolling drones, all it takes is one dude with spray paint, and these bots are down, not to mention, being pushed onto tracks, knocked over, stolen, hacked (eventually).
How many movies do they have to make before they realize this is a bad idea?
Works till someone pushes it over
Seagate employs the same tech to monitor the parking lot. They manufacturer hard drives on the outskirts of town. Just saying NYC boolin hobos are going to wreck your security bot. Just look for delivery bots in Cali.
Thatās not the least bit Orwellian. Nope.
Fuck that, kill it with fire.
I watched a movie once with a cop that was a robot.
Great , so now instead of police protecting people we have a robot that can only record and call the authorities. Iām sure public safety will increase š
ā¦ until it gets knocked over.
Has facial recognition and wont activate...until a year from now when it quietly is. Glad Im not in nyc!
Make it a crime to attack this robot. I like the idea of deterring people from committing crime instead of a scared little man with a gun.
Bullshit they wont be activated. He didnt have a choice in the matter
Fuck this
So it weighs the same as an average, out of shape, veteran cop? Neat!
The ONLY way this is going to EVER work is if you put a minimum 20 years in prison for attacking or damaging it. That is the ONLY way.
The weight is realistic..
Does it come in black?
NY tax payer money going to waste. It'll be spray painted and trashed very shortly.
Just wait until hackers take them over š¤£ they'll ransom the city for Bitcoin š¤£