A security robot failed in NYC: Now, it’s trying to protect downtown Kansas City

Image is a sreenshot from the YouTube video: NYPD unveils K5, the subway’s new robot guardian – FOX 5 New York. Article by PJ Green. TechXplore – September 15, 2025. Article was originally published by The Kansas City Star.

For 20 hours a day, seven days a week, a security robot rolls around the old Kansas City Star building on the 1600 block of McGee Street, like the 21st century version of a street patrolling beat cop. No, the robot is not an employee of the Kansas City Police Department. But, in some ways, the white, bullet-shaped, sub-5-foot, 420-pound robot is like a neighborhood beat cop […]

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Video: NYPD unveils K5, the subway’s new robot guardian – FOX 5 New York