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Microsoft using mobile security robots
2014-11-23
Microsoft has enlisted a series of "crime-fighting" robots, called K5 androids, to patrol the company's Silicon Valley campus. Standing at five-feet tall and weighing 300-pounds, fitted with an impressive suite of alarms, high-definition cameras, microphones, heat detectors and laser scanners that allow the machines to assess any potential dangers. The K5 android also has Wi-Fi capabilities, weather sensors, speakers and GPS. In the event they do encounter trouble, the robots will flag up the incident by sounding an alarm and signaling back to the command center.

The robots guard a predefined perimeter, and are capable of navigating an ever-changing environment, avoiding human beings and other potential obstacles. The K5s can operate for up to 24 hours on a single charge. Once the battery runs dry, the machines automatically return to base for a recharge, which typically only takes around 20 minutes.
Go to the original article to see pictures. They need to add a plunger for an arm, and for them to say "EX-TER-MI-NATE" repeatedly
Posted by:OldSpook

#6  Guarding the idiots who thought a touch screen interface would work on a remote server...

Windows 2012 malware platform is a dog
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2014-11-23 20:56  

#5  How about a Navy CIWS? Swivel mounted, radar controlled 20mm gatling?
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-11-23 20:53  

#4   But mount a .30 cal machine or grenade launcher on one of these babies and you got something!

Yup, SKYYNET, No hanks.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2014-11-23 20:48  

#3  The cord de-tangling algorithm sounds problematic. But mount a .30 cal machine or grenade launcher on one of these babies and you got something!
Posted by: SteveS   2014-11-23 19:51  

#2  Evidently the stationary security robots didn't work out. But you do need a really long cord.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-11-23 16:41  

#1  Apparently MS saw what happened when 'social activists' decided to go after Google.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-11-23 13:33  

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