Knightscope Selects Velodyne Lidar Technology for Next-Generation Autonomous Security Solutions
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 1:00PM IST (7:30AM GMT)
Autonomous Security Robot Developer Begins Defining Its 5th Generation Technology
Mountain View, Calif., United States:
Knightscope, Inc., a developer of advanced physical security technologies utilizing fully autonomous robots focused on enhancing U.S. security operations, and Velodyne Lidar, Inc., (NASDAQ: VLDR, VLDRW), jointly announced today that Knightscope has selected Velodyne Lidar’s technology to power its future 5
th Generation Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs).
Knightscope’s Autonomous Security Robot solution is powered by Velodyne’s Puck lidar sensor (shown here), which provides reliability, energy efficiency and a full 360-degree environmental view to deliver highly accurate real-time 3D data. (Photo: Velodyne Lidar)
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Knightscope, Inc., a developer of advanced physical security technologies utilizing fully autonomous robots focused on enhancing U.S. security operations, and Velodyne Lidar, Inc., jointly announced that Knightscope has selected Velodyne Lidar’s technology to power its future 5th Generation Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs).
Velodyne Lidar ushered in a new era of autonomous technology with the invention of real-time surround view lidar sensors and has worked with Knightscope for the past 7 years. Knightscope’s solution is powered by Velodyne’s Puck lidar sensor, which provides reliability, energy efficiency and a full 360-degree environmental view to deliver highly accurate real-time 3D data. The versatile, compact Puck sensor is an ideal solution to enable safe navigation in a wide variety of environmental and lighting conditions.