The Guardian - Maya Yang
City council approves year-long contract with Knightscope to rent a K5 robot to respond to door alarms at the airport
An autonomous robot is due to become the latest addition to San Antonio International Airport’s security apparatus.
Following a 7 to 3 vote on Thursday by the San Antonio city council, city officials approved a year-long contract with Knightscope, a California-based developer of autonomous security robots, to rent its K5 robot for $21,000.
The robot, which weighs 420lbs, stands at 5ft 4in and travels at 3 miles per hour, is expected to make its appearance at the airport in the next two months, according to local reports.
According to Knightscope, the K5 is intended for outdoor use and features autonomous recharging without requiring human intervention. Features listed on Knightscope’s website include 360-degree and eye-level video streaming, people detection during certain restricted hours, thermal anomaly detection, as well as license plate recognition.
[Read more: Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot | Texas | The Guardian]
