Well,it seems in the near future schools and communities will be guarded by the Robot K5 Autonomous Data machine if the plans by Knightscope,the company that is developing it are anything to go by.
This may lead to mass unemployment as watchmen will be sent home to pave room for the robot.
The robot will consist of ;
•A video camera
•A laser range finder
•Microphone
•Air quality sensors
•Radar
•Imaging sensors
Now picture this,a world of K5s patrolling communities,companies and even schools,the feeling that comes with it is priceless isn't it?How will the robots enhance a security?The All -seeing mobile robots will be able to collect images or even videos through the image sensor and video camera and also recordings made easier by the microphone on the robot.Once details are captured ,they are sent to a centralized data server which is wirelessly connected with the security robots(K5s) .Once the data is sent to the centralized data server,A high skilled analyst in charge of the robots will be possible to recognize faces and other suspicious unfoldings captured by the K5.This is Awesome but also kind of sad since the whole idea is a job killer as massive layoff of watchmen will be inevitable.
However what worries me is the massive privacy breach that will result from the 'installation' of the security robots.Since the robots will be in constant patrol expect a huge amount of data being collected from those passing by or the public in general.Take for example,you are with your friend passing by the nearby school where the robot is patrolling,everything you talk plus your faces will be captured by the security robot.This is the bad part of it.
However,this could be business for the company behind the robots since the harvested information can be sold to marketers and other companies interested on such big data.The fact that the robot will be a job killer and will result to a massive breach of privacy is enough to spell doom on the K5s.
Will the robot(K5) make it to our institutions??Well,only time will tell.
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