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Security robots are patrolling Silicon Valley now
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:12 pm
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Knightscope, the company that leases out the robots as a security aid. They are completely autonomous, navigating like self-driving cars. They have high-definition infra-red cameras; microphones that allow the robot to either interact with people or listen for sounds such as breaking glass, and even detection systems that can intercept the pings of mobile phone devices, and license-plate reading software that can process 300 license plates every minute.
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The units cost $7 an hour to rent
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/20/robocop-robot-mall-security-guard-palo-alto-california
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Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:14 pm to Asgard Device
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$7 an hour
Thought California minimum wage was $15 an hour now ? #RobotLivesMatter
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:15 pm to Asgard Device
Do they break up fights?
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:17 pm to Asgard Device
probably full of graffiti by now
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:23 pm to LSU1NSEC
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probably full of graffiti by now
They used "graffiti resistant material" and I have no idea how that is possible, but if anyone can invent such a thing, it's people in the Bay area.
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:26 pm to Asgard Device
They are quite scary.
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:28 pm to Asgard Device
Just put a bump in the rug and the thing stalls. We looked at these for my company. They are pos. Go with flying drones. Easier to navigate the fairly stable environment of the sky.
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:30 pm to C
Silicon Valley? Move them to Chicago where they can do some good.
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:32 pm to Asgard Device
They made fricking Daleks.
This post was edited on 5/21/16 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:32 pm to C
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Just put a bump in the rug and the thing stalls. We looked at these for my company. They are pos. Go with flying drones. Easier to navigate the fairly stable environment of the sky.
They are no doubt very limited at the moment, but it's just a beginning. Eventually, the SV engineers will overcome every complaint you have one by one.
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:33 pm to bcoop199
frick those Silicon Valley robots.
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:39 pm to Asgard Device
Robots keeping watch over us!
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:54 pm to Asgard Device
Life imitating art?
Posted on 5/21/16 at 10:56 pm to Asgard Device
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Eventually, the SV engineers will overcome every complaint you have one by one.
How will they address the complaint of having robots patrolling Silicon Valley?
Posted on 5/21/16 at 11:47 pm to Asgard Device
$7/hour to operate, $50,000 to build, $15,000 to repair if it gets damaged....
Posted on 5/21/16 at 11:57 pm to Asgard Device
Also, I think robot security/law enforcement would be horrible. You think cops now are bad? Just wait until not only do these things track everything you do, this information is stored somewhere....who gets to look at that information?
Posted on 5/22/16 at 12:06 am to Asgard Device
Skynet fricking skynet
Posted on 5/22/16 at 12:07 am to Asgard Device
those things are so easy to disable! 
Posted on 5/22/16 at 12:09 am to TigerRagAndrew
First thing I thought of.
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