Meet K3 from Knightscope – the new indoor RoboCop

Silicon Valley, US-based advanced physical security technologies developer Knightscope has introduced Knightscope K3, designed for indoor applications.

“It is imperative that we finally give chief security officers a highly capable, affordable solution worthy of carrying us through the 21st century and beyond.”

K3 joins K5 which been successfully delivering security functions outdoors for over a year. Working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, K5 has already seen action at shopping centres, corporate campuses, data centres, stadiums and government facilities, universities, big box retailers, airports, manufacturing plants and distribution facilities.

“Our world is drastically changing and becoming a more volatile place in which to work and live – theft, workplace violence and calculated cyber attacks make the headlines every day,” said William Santana Li, chairman and chief executive officer, Knightscope. “It is imperative that we finally give chief security officers a highly capable, affordable solution worthy of carrying us through the 21st century and beyond.”

Knightscope provides its groundbreaking technologies on a Machine-as-a-Service (MaaS) business model to customers needing to enhance their security operations. This approach greatly reduces the cost, time, complexity and stress of deploying traditional security commodity solutions, while providing ongoing software, firmware and hardware upgrades free-of-charge so that clients can keep up with the pace of innovation streaming out of Knightscope’s headquarters.

“Software + Hardware + Humans,” said Li. “Knightscope’s technologies excel at the monotonous, computationally heavy and sometimes dangerous work, while humans are best at decision making and situational analysis. The combination is a game changer for security operations everywhere.”