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Citation
(2006), "Security Robot Set to Guard Orlando from Explosion!", Industrial Robot, Vol. 33 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2006.04933aad.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Security Robot Set to Guard Orlando from Explosion!
Security Robot Set to Guard Orlando from Explosion!
Keywords: Robots, Hazards
MobileRobots security assistant, PatrolBot, demonstrated new gas detection and visitor identification capabilities at ASIS 2005, the fifty first International Exhibition for security professionals. PatrolBot's new features also helped protect Orlando show attendees from explosion, intruders and other hazards, as well as providing surveillance and two-way audio. PatrolBot is the World's only off-the-shelf system that can create a floor plan of its workspace out-of-the-box and begin helping security staff the same day it arrives (Plate 3).
Plate 3PatrolBot
PatrolBot can make deliveries, investigate an intrusion and check for gas leaks as it patrols. Linked with a building's central command center, the robot can respond to alarms and verify the identity of potential intruders automatically. Guards remain safe and in command at the control center, with full access to building map, sensor data, robot's position, video surveillance and two-way audio communication via PatrolBot's MobileEyes™ GUI. PatrolBot's special eye-safe laser-rangefinder displays “footprints” of intruders walking by, even in darkness. PatrolBot verifies false alarms, instructing intruders to scan their IDs within a prescribed time to avert alarms and further investigation (Figure 1).
Figure 1MobileEyes™
robot control GUI
PatrolBot is a member of MobileRobots' fleet of enterprise ARCSinside™ automation systems helping America work better in offices, laboratories and manufacturing facilities. ARCSinside platforms serve as gofers for delivery or mules for carrying remote surveillance, energy optimization, wireless-testing, RFID-reading or other equipment, helping companies to boost productivity and keep jobs in America. ARCSinside is MobileRobots' core technology for autonomously navigating buildings, docking to recharge, with multi-level user controls, dealer installation and customization tools.
Surveillance PatrolBot costs $37,500 US list price; ASIS Exhibition attendees obtain a special discount of $5,000 off list price per robot, for up to ten robots.
To learn more, please visitwww.MobileRobots.com. Production, R&D and business offices of MobileRobots are in Amherst, NH, USA.