Incident 77: Knightscope's Park Patrol Robot Ignored Bystander Pressing Emergency Button to Alert Police about Fight
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CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsHarm Distribution Basis
none
Sector of Deployment
law enforcement
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A Knightscope K5 autonomous security robot was patrolling Salt Lake Park in Huntington Park, CA in fall 2018 when a fight broke out nearby. An onlooker pressed the emergency alert button on the K5, named HP RoboCop by the town, but the robot did not respond and returned to its patrol of the park. Knightscope says that the emergency alert feature was still under development and therefore the signal was not sent to local police.
Short Description
In Fall 2018, a Knightscope K5 autonomous security robot took no action to stop a nearby fight, despite an onlooker attempting to activate its emergency alert feature.
Severity
Unclear/unknown
AI System Description
Knightscope K5 autonomous security robot uses several environmental sensors and voice commands to conduct security operations.
System Developer
Knightscope
Sector of Deployment
Administrative and support service activities
Relevant AI functions
Perception, Cognition, Action
AI Techniques
unknown
AI Applications
Image classification, image recognition, facial recognition, speech recognition, self-driving, environment sensing
Location
Huntington Park, CA
Named Entities
Knightscope, Knightscope K5, HP RoboCop, Huntington Park, Salt Lake Park, Huntington Park Police Department, Cosme Lozano
Technology Purveyor
Huntington Park Police Department, Knightscope
Beginning Date
2018-01-01
Ending Date
2018-01-01
Near Miss
Unclear/unknown
Intent
Accident
Lives Lost
No
Data Inputs
LIDAR, sonar, video camera, vibration detection, thermal anomaly detection, automatic signal detection, audio
Incident Reports
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HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. — When a fight broke out recently in the parking lot of Salt Lake Park, a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles, Cogo Guebara did what seemed the most practical thing at the time: she ran over to the park’s police …
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A police robot told a woman to go away after she tried to report a violent brawl breaking out nearby – then trundled off while singing a song. Cogo Guebara rushed over to the motorized police officer and pushed its emergency alert button on…
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As our world becomes more and more automated, with robotics taking over many human roles and offering assistance, we have to wonder just how useful some of these inventions truly are.
When you need the police, you still have to call 911
As …
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HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. – Police officers can’t be everywhere at once. Between budget cuts, staffing issues and an increase in violent crime across the country, cops are in huge demand.
So naturally we turn to technology to help solve the p…
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Not everybody is a fan of law enforcement. Perhaps this is what inspired the Californian city of Huntington Park to take a more modern approach to police.
A mechanical enforcement officer, dubbed HP Robocop, has been patrolling Salt Lake Pa…
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