Meet the real robocop that could predict and prevent crime

The Times writes the robot – whose sticker price has not been revealed -- will employ a video camera, thermal imaging sensors, a laser range finder, radar, air quality sensors, as well as a microphone.There's a legitimate need for {$} some scrutiny and some pressure, she said.branded usb sticksKnightscope adds the robot will also utilize GPS, a night-vision camera, and biological, chemical and radiation detection systems.Predictably, Knightscope is effusive about the robot's potential upside, calling its introduction, "The Birth of a New Hometown Hero.""Imagine a friend that can see, hear, feel and smell that would tirelessly watch over your neighborhood, keep your loved ones safe and put a smile on anyone walking by your business," the company crows about the K5. "Imagine if we could utilize technology to make our communities stronger and safer . . . together." 

"We don't want to think about 'RoboCop' or 'Terminator,Pan-European law enforcement agency Europol has announced the take-down of a global button bits gang of cybercrooks thought to be responsible for compromising point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Europe and North America, netting 30,000 sets of card details.'" Li told The Times. "We prefer to think of a mashup 'Batman,' 'Minority Report' and R2-D2 . . . We want to give the humans the ability to do the strategic work"ROBOCOP and Minority Report could become reality as an autonomous security guard that can predict and prevent crime rolls into town.Reported in the NY Times, a Californian company has developed a robotic security guard called the K5 Autonomous Data Machine, which is designed to act as a safety measure and crime-deterrent for neighbourhoods, private businesses and schools.The Robocop-on-wheels, which bears a striking resemblance to Star Wars' R2-D2, was created in the wake of Sandy Hook school shooting and has a mission to "cut crime by 50 per cent." 

"We founded Knightscope after what happened … you are never going to have an armed officer in every school,It's an extraordinary machine, said Seth Teller, a professor at MIT who, along with colleague Russ Tedrake, leads one of the groups selected to receive an clearomizer Manufacturers." said William Santana Li, a co-founder of the company.The K5's weapons to fight crime and deter criminals are a "video camera, thermal imaging sensors, a laser range finder, radar, air quality sensors and a microphone." All these are intended to alert you should it find anything out-of-the-ordinary as it patrols a "pre-planned route".Mr. Li envisions the K5 to have wireless access to a data server where it could recognise faces and license plates to identify crooks in the act. He even goes one-step further into Hollywood fantasy by expressing a desire to employ "precog" - a crime-prediction process seen in the movie Minority Report.