SMP Robotics · military or security robot
S5 security robot
An all-weather autonomous outdoor patrol robot with panoramic and zoom cameras that follows set routes and returns to charge by itself.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
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- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
S5 security robot is on the market today.
Real-world use
Deployed at a US shopping and warehouse centre; offered on operating lease in Singapore.
Maker
SMP RoboticsCompany · San Francisco Bay Area, California, USAPublic attention
How much public attention S5 security robot gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It patrols set outdoor routes by itself and returns to charge, with guards watching its camera alerts.
- AI & software
- Autonomous route patrol; RAD added AI functions for its US units
From the maker
S5 security robot is the only machine from SMP Robotics in the atlas.
Watch S5 security robot
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- Assembled and distributed in North America by Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD)
- Customers and pilots
- A large US shopping and warehouse centre (2017)
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- S5.1 deployed at US shopping centre
SMP Robotics said an S5.1 was patrolling the perimeter and car park of a large US shopping and warehouse centre.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | S5 security robotSMP Robotics |  K5KnightscopeSame job: surveillance · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Mission Master SPRheinmetall Canada (Rheinmetall Group)Same job: surveillance · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  K7KnightscopeSame job: outdoor security patrol · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2016 | 2015-05-04 | 2018-06 | 2017 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | 159 cm | — | — |
| Weight | — | 180.5 kg | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 4.8 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | 600 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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