When a roving security robot called the K5 was unveiled late last week by a Silicon Valley startup called Knightscope, the company went a little nuts with its monikers. The press release described the machine as “R2-D2 meets Robocop.” But Knightscope founder and CEO William Li said he prefers “R2-D2 meets Batman.”
That’s not it either, really. After seeing it in action, I can confirm that the K5, which is shaped like a 5-foot-tall bullet, has very little in common with the Dark Knight. It doesn’t exactly leap into action wearing a cape to prevent a crime; it has a hard enough time figuring out whether a human being has drawn a gun. (Li laments that it’s very easy to get false positives with children’s toy guns.) Read more…
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