What Is K5 Effective?

In Silicon Valley, California a massive improvement in crime fighting in taking place in the form of a security guard robot named K5 that was designed by a company named Knightscope. The video on business insider demonstrated just what this bit is capable of when it comes to its crime reducing abilities. One of the most positive actions performed by K5 was when it was shown to be able to detect things like theft and violence and contact the authorities as soon as it detected one of those instances. This is positive for a couple of reasons, the first one being that these robots provide more “eyes” to detect crime instead of just relying on people who may not always be on the alert and as such would not be able to detect any criminal activity as well as these robots can. …show more content…
As messed up as it is there are people who will let criminals go unpunished and just watch as someone is abused or has something stolen from them. In fact, the number of unreported burglaries was 58.8% in 2010 (******). These robots would not ignore any crime they saw and would immediately report it, unlike a person who may hesitate to involve the law. Lastly, the combination of more “eyes” and the fact that K5 will report any crime can lead to just the sheer presence of these robots to keep people from even thinking of committing any crime. If they know that these robots are constantly watching and will report any suspicious behavior, criminals may even just stop attempting crime just because their odds of getting caught will be much more likely with robots like K5 roaming