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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/a-security-robot-failed-in-nyc-now-its-trying-to-protect-downtown-kansas-city/
- Published: 2025-09-16T09:30:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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 […] Click here to view original web page at www.techxplore.com Video: NYPD unveils K5, the subway’s new robot guardian – FOX 5 New York