It’s just like a scene from the not so memorable “Terminator 3 – Rise of the Machines” – Microsoft has decided to introduce K5, a five feet tall, 300 pounds security robot built by robotics company Knightscope, in its campus in the Silicon Valley,
PC World reports. The robots are not armed, and not as dangerous as they might sound – but they are fitted with a number of alarms, signals and cameras.
The K5 security robot is a great piece of technology. According to Knightscope, the company behind Microsoft’s new security guards, the robot was built to reduce crime rate by 50% (sounds familiar… only in that case the company was called OCP, and the machine was a bit larger and better armed). The machine can go for 24 hours with one charge, returning to its charging station as soon as it runs low on battery. It can fully recharge in 20 minutes, and continue its quest to reduce trouble. Whenever it discovers something out of the ordinary, it will either sound an alarm, or alert human security guards to intervene.
