ROBOT SECURITY FORCE: Real Life R2D2's Patrol San Francisco and Get Attacked By Homeless People
The Silicon Valley based company, Knightscope, is leasing out the K5 robo-guards for less than half the hourly wage of some human security guards.
The Knightscope autonomous data machine, the K5, has 360 degree vision, can hear and smell, provide 3-D mapping and moves about autonomously, feeding data back to the security agency. The K5 will also soon be capable of, minority-report style facial recognition policing.
Some people are not too pleased with the robots' presence on the streets of San Francisco. In recent days, the robots have been vandalized, tampered with and have even had beverages poured on them and possibly human feces smeared on them:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3040549/Robocops-in-San-Francisco-Targeting-Homeless-People
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/12/13/k5-knightscope-security-robot-sfspca-san-francisco-bullied-off-street/
The Knightscope K5 is now headed for New York City:
And next comes the "weapons-of-mass-destruction-sniffing" upgrade:
What will the wide-spread use of robots for surveillance mean for people in a free society?
What do you think about robots patrolling the streets of your city, providing constant surveillance and facial recognition of private citizens? Let me know in the comments below! Stay sentient, Steemians! @dakini 5d