HP RoboCop

[Helena]

HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. — When a fight broke out recently in the parking lot of Salt Lake Park, a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles, Cogo Guebara did what seemed the most practical thing at the time: she ran over to the park’s police robot to push its emergency alert button.

“I was pushing the button but it said, ‘step out of the way,’” Guebara said. “It just kept ringing and ringing, and I kept pushing and pushing.”

She thought maybe the robot, which stands about 5 feet tall and has “POLICE” emblazoned on its egg-shaped body, wanted a visual of her face, so she crouched down for the camera. It still didn’t work.

Without a response, Rudy Espericuta, who was with Guebara and her children at the time, dialed 911. About 15 minutes later, after the fight had ended, a woman was rolled out on a stretcher and into an ambulance, her head bleeding from a cut suffered during the altercation.

Amid the scene, the robot continued to glide along its pre-programmed route, humming an intergalactic tune that could have been ripped from any low-budget sci-fi film. The almost 400-pound robot followed the park’s winding concrete from the basketball courts to the children’s splash zone, pausing every so often to tell visitors to “please keep the park clean.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...ality-n1059671

So basically, the "cop" doesn't do anything but record everything. At an enormous cost.

[Helena]

HP RoboCop is a K5 model, specialized for outdoor use, and is one of the company’s first to wear a police moniker. Knightscope’s website promotes some of the K5’s abilities as including a 360-degree high-definition live video stream, a license plate reader that can scan 1,200 plates a minute, a two-way intercom and the ability to track cell phone use in the vicinity.

[Retirednsmilin308]

I think that was its intended purpose.
Inquiring minds, like Zuckerberg's want to know.


One day some criminals may see if it is bullet proof.

[Helena]

Leveraging people’s uncertainty about the robot is core to its value as a security tool, Knepper said.

The fact that the public is unaware of all of the robot’s capabilities is integral to Knightscope robots’ mission to be a physical deterrent to crime, confirmed Stacey Stephens, the company’s executive vice president and chief client officer.

[Retirednsmilin308]

HP RoboCop is a K5 model, specialized for outdoor use, and is one of the company’s first to wear a police moniker. Knightscope’s website promotes some of the K5’s abilities as including a 360-degree high-definition live video stream, a license plate reader that can scan 1,200 plates a minute, a two-way intercom and the ability to track cell phone use in the vicinity.

That is pretty impressive for recording the crime....AFTER they have robbed and murdered you.

[Retirednsmilin308]

Leveraging people’s uncertainty about the robot is core to its value as a security tool, Knepper said.

The fact that the public is unaware of all of the robot’s capabilities is integral to Knightscope robots’ mission to be a physical deterrent to crime, confirmed Stacey Stephens, the company’s executive vice president and chief client officer.

There was no "physical deterrent" for the lady mentioned in the OP.

FAIL

[stjames1_53]

There was no "physical deterrent" for the lady mentioned in the OP.

FAIL

It reminds of Stingray that was supposed to be used as a means to help find kidnapped victims by eavesdropping on cell phone communications. Instead it was used to download pics and texts from any phone they police happened to snag.
At first they said it didn't exist, then they claimed they could not discuss it due to some agreement with the CIA, then it turns out they were using it as a "snitch" to leverage investigations and trials.
The judges that sat in on those trials were warned not to reveal this source of information.
Since then, they've gone dark, but apparently still using it to spy on people of no interest to any ongoing investigation.

https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnew...tor-cellphones

[Lummy]

So basically, the "cop" doesn't do anything but record everything. At an enormous cost.

Obviously, the robot is a democrat.

[Helena]

Here's the annoying "music" it plays as it rolls along.



Here's one of many reddit threads about it. This one has some of the funniest comments. https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comme..._the_song_was/

[Retirednsmilin308]

I wonder how well it holds up against armor-piercing incendiary ammo?

Merely a theoretical thought.

...or Chinese steel core .308...

merely a theoretical thought.