A new robot is on the beat in New York City. The Knightscope 5, or K5, described as a "fully autonomous outdoor security robot," by the tech company in Mountain View, California that builds the robots ...

K5 is 64.5" tall and weighs in at 420 pounds. It looks like a giant cone with wheels. It has four ultra-HD (4K) cameras with complete 360-degree visibility, one thermal camera to detect differences in ...

Boston Dynamics' robocop and other similar weaponized machines will not be created, confirmed by the American robotics company. Award recipient SpotMini Boston Dynamics Marc Raibert's dog-like robot ...

New York's mayor just approved another robotic initiative to keep citizens safe while supposedly cutting costs for human law enforcers. The new robot called K5 is undergoing trials right now. Mayor ...

A futuristic robot traffic officer began its first real-world trial on December 1 in Hangzhou, China. The AI-powered unit, ...

Last week, officials in San Francisco decided to scrap a plan that would have allowed law enforcement to use robots in situations that may require “deadly force.” Specifically, according to the ...

It could have been worse. That's about the best I can say about the 2014 version of "RoboCop," which takes advantage of the far superior special-effects technology available now than in 1987, but ...