Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot
Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot
City council approves year-long contract with Knightscope to rent a K5 robot to respond to door alarms at the airport
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So this $21,000 rented thing just checks out door alarms when a door is opened by accident? And it only moves at 3 mph? And they think that the person who opened the door will still be standing there when it arrives?
Why on god’s green earth don’t they just aim a normal security camera at the door and call it a day?
That's what they say it's for. I'm sure its cameras and sensors won't be turned off between alarm checks
Even so, airports are already heavily monitored. I don’t see how it is any more or less invasive than the security cameras and TSA screening that is already in place.
This seems like a very expensive way to make the robotic equivalent of a fat security guard on patrol.
Each has their strengths so why not both?
Because even a fat security guard can go faster than 3 mph, and you don’t need heat vision to see who opened a door.
Except when it shoots your dog