Tag: Knightscope
Commercial real estate investment firm contracts with Knightscope
December 28, 2023SSN Staff
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Knightscope, a developer of autonomous security robots and blue light emergency communication systems, announced a new contract for its 5th Generation K5 Autonomous Security Robot (ASR).
The contract comes from an undisclosed privately owned, Miami-based real estate investment company. As a result, the K5 ASR will patrol a retail shopping center in Kansas City, Mo.
“Ensuring adequate physical security in a commercial real estate setting is not only a key...
SSN News Poll examines security solutions to retail crimes
December 18, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Security Systems News (SSN) asked readers about retail security, and their responses reflect changing attitudes toward current security trends.
Our first poll question asked readers if robotic security guards (i.e. Astro and Knightscope) are the future of retail security or if traditional human guards were superior. Absolutely no reader indicated that they believe that robots will be the endgame for retail security,...
Knightscope now selling Automated Gunshot Detection
December 5, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Knightscope, a developer of autonomous security robots (ASRs) and blue light emergency communication systems, announced the availability of its Automated Gunshot Detection (AGD) systems for both indoor and outdoor environments.
Knightscope revealed that its AGD is now available as stand-alone sensors easily mounted to existing structures or with the optional pole-mounting kit and solar power for installation flexibility. In the coming weeks, Knightscope said...
Several hotels and a Washington pre-K school secure contracts with Knightscope
October 13, 2023SSN Staff
MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif. – Autonomous security robots guard company Knightscope has garnered several contracts this month in the hospitality and education industries.
On Oct. 11 the company announced that it had sold its K5 Autonomous Security Robot (ASR) to a pair of hotels in Portland, Ore. The robots will be utilized to patrol the parking areas of the hotel, and Knightscope noted that security in hospitality encompasses a hotel’s buildings and grounds, including guests, employees,...
NYPD and MTA institute Knightscope security robot test pilot
September 25, 2023SSN Staff
NEW YORK – The New York City Police Department (NYPD) and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) are vetting the robots from Knightscope as a possible security solution and crime deterrent.
The Office of the Mayor of New York issued a press release discussing the institution of a pilot program for Knightscope’s K5 security robots following a two-week training period, after which the autonomous robots will have patrol duties in Manhattan’s subway stations between midnight...
Allied Universal wants to offer security technology in every market
August 3, 2016Martha Entwistle
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. and SANTA ANA, Calif.—With the Aug. 1 closing of the $4.5 billion AlliedBarton/Universal Services of America deal, CEO Steve Jones is turning to his next task: ensuring that Allied Universal offers security technology in every market where the company has a presence.As Jones pointed out to Security Systems News, that's a lot of markets; Allied Universal is now the largest security manguarding company in North America with a footprint that includes “every major market...
Guards 'n robots
July 13, 2016Martha Entwistle
Guard provider Universal Protection Service announced late last week that it will offer what it's calling robot "Machine as a Service" to its customers. I guess that's a new acronym for the security industry--RMaaS?
It will use robots from Knightscope, based in Mountain View, Calif. RMaaS is available to Universal customers in Northern California now, and they'll be available in Southern California in September. Universal says it will roll out the program nationally in 2017.
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