Bandung, IndonesiaSentinel.com — The emerging of Security Robots raises public concern for possible job losses in the security field as an alternative to human security guards. Showing their potential capability as a reliable security solution, public beigns challenge their ability to effectively maintain public safety.
Security robots can easily be found roaming in some streets in Atlanta and San Diego, as well as other US cities. Their presence is starting to expand into the police departments, where they are being integrated into law enforcement operations.
Experts and manufacturers claimed that Security Robot’s true strength lies in their advanced technologies, which could work alongside security officials while carrying out their duty.
Equipped with various tools that humans lack, robots can be beneficial partners to security systems. Robots can also operate 24/7 and could excel in repetitive jobs, like sitting at a post or walking a set route.
Their flexibility and highly customizable extension to an existing security system is also one of the important aspects of security robots. It can be designed to collaborate with existing security infrastructure and surveillance systems.
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The robots are able to issue alerts when an anomaly is detected if provided with security software and data. Depending on the situation and the sensor used to detect an issue, an alert will be broadcast to the security system or department where the robot is deployed and ask for a guard to investigate an issue.
It can also be programmed for various purposes based on the sensors they equipped. Robots deployed in a parking garage with license plate recognition can create lists of license plates to flag and alert security staff.
Security Robots cannot Replace Human
The concern about robots replacing humans in the industry is still uncertain despite all their potential for the job. Seeing robots solely patrolling the street without human supervision is still far in the future.
The robots are not immune to malfunction, nor are they flawlessly programmed. There are some cases of security robots gone wrong. Back in 2016, a robots guard knocked down and slightly injured a toddler in a California mall. The next year, another robot plunged itself into a fountain in a Washington, DC, office building.
Those malfunctions have raised another question on “Why would any security or police department choose to purchase a robot over traditional options like static surveillance systems or human security guards?”
(Raidi/Agung)
