William Santana Li, CEO, Knightscope, talks with Jeff Frick at Knightscope's Headquarters in Mountain View, CA
These robots strive to fix nation’s security math problem
Vehicles that pull into the driveway at Knightscope Inc.’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California, often come to a dead stop. That’s because a robot, which looks something like R2-D2 of “Star Wars” fame, is positioned squarely at the entrance. Soon, the robot rolls quietly aside after a brief time assessing who is visiting the building. Once again, the security guard has done its job.
Knightscope is in the security business, manufacturing autonomous robots to guard a variety of environments, from wind farms and parking lots to shopping malls and storefronts. Since its founding in 2013, the company has been steadily expanding its customer base and refining a technology that includes data gathering, live streaming, artificial intelligence and a multi-sensor platform.
The motivation for starting a company like Knightscope was grounded in basic math. There are currently only 2 million guards and police officers to secure more than 300 million U.S. citizens in all 50 states, according to William Santana Li (pictured, left), chairman and chief executive officer at Knightscope.
“I don’t care what math you’re going to come up with, it doesn’t work,” Li said. “I’m sick and tired of waking up every morning and looking on my news feed to find some horrific thing that’s happened again. You need something that’s going to be a game changer, and this is that game changer.”
Li spoke with host Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, at Knightscope’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. Mercedes Soria (pictured, center), vice president of software engineering at Knightscope, also spoke with Frick in a separate interview at the company’s headquarters. They discussed how the company overcame initial skepticism, a transformation of the human security guard model, “machines as a service,” successful use cases, and future plans to enhance the technology.
The robotics business has endured its share of skepticism over the years, and Knightscope was no exception. When Li was seeking to raise capital, the comments ranged from “Bill, you’re out of your mind” to “Security is not an investment thesis,” Li recalled.
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William Santana Li, CEO, Knightscope, talks with Jeff Frick at Knightscope's Headquarters in Mountain View, CA
These robots strive to fix nation’s security math problem
Vehicles that pull into the driveway at Knightscope Inc.’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California, often come to a dead stop. That’s because a robot, which looks something like R2-D2 of “Star Wars” fame, is positioned squarely at the entrance. Soon, the robot rolls quietly aside after a brief time assessing who is visiting the building. Once again, the security guard has done its job.
Knightscope is in the security business, manufacturing autonomous robots to guard a variety of environments, from wind farms and parking lots to shopping malls and storefronts. Since its founding in 2013, the company has been steadily expanding its customer base and refining a technology that includes data gathering, live streaming, artificial intelligence and a multi-sensor platform.
The motivation for starting a company like Knightscope was grounded in basic math. There are currently only 2 million guards and police officers to secure more than 300 million U.S. citizens in all 50 states, according to William Santana Li (pictured, left), chairman and chief executive officer at Knightscope.
“I don’t care what math you’re going to come up with, it doesn’t work,” Li said. “I’m sick and tired of waking up every morning and looking on my news feed to find some horrific thing that’s happened again. You need something that’s going to be a game changer, and this is that game changer.”
Li spoke with host Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, at Knightscope’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. Mercedes Soria (pictured, center), vice president of software engineering at Knightscope, also spoke with Frick in a separate interview at the company’s headquarters. They discussed how the company overcame initial skepticism, a transformation of the human security guard model, “machines as a service,” successful use cases, and future plans to enhance the technology.
The robotics business has endured its share of skepticism over the years, and Knightscope was no exception. When Li was seeking to raise capital, the comments ranged from “Bill, you’re out of your mind” to “Security is not an investment thesis,” Li recalled.
