Chinese-American develops robot security guard   

美华裔商人研发巡逻式机械人 酷似电影角色

机械人渐渐取代人力，可能连保安的饭碗也抢走，美国就有公司研发了能够代替保安的流动巡逻机械人。据香港《文汇报》报道，这种机器人外形类似《星球大战》中R2-D2，能够在企业、学校和住宅社区执行巡逻任务。该公司的华裔创办人兼总裁威廉威廉•李(William Santana Li)表示，有了这台机械人，今后学校不再需要保安驻守。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – A Chinese-American entrepreneur has co-invented a patrol robot designed to replace the everyday security guard, according to Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po.

The 5-foot-tall, 300-pound K5 Autonomous Data Machine looks like a hybrid of R2-D2, a robot character in the "Stars Wars" films.

Equipped with a video camera, a thermal sensor, a laser range finder and radar, the machine can feed real-time on-site data.

William Sanrana Li, co-founder of Knightscope, which created the machine, said schools with the robots may no longer need human guards.

Enterprises or schools just need $6.25 per hour to employ the machine, lower than the average minimum wages per hour of $7.25 across the country or $8 in California.