What patrol robots are doing right now
Patrol robots cost less per hour than a guard, and most contracts still end. Deterrence in car parks has some support; incident response has none.
5Jobs robots do for a site today
13Independent deployment records behind this page
10 of 13Records that document a pause, removal or failure
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- Most contracts end. Write the exit into the lease.
- The robot needs a person. Escorts, unwired emergency buttons and supervision all show up on record.
- Budgets overrun. Actual monthly costs have run well above budget; spare units have gone unused.
- Indoor secured areas defeat it. Badge doors, lifts and crowds have all caused failures.
- You may not be allowed to run it. At least one city ordered a patrol robot off the pavement.
- Causation is hedged even by the people who liked it. Falling incident numbers have not been attributed to the robot.
Unlabelled points come from operator-reported or independently observed deployments.
Built on 13 independent deployment records. Robot prices are vendor or reseller list figures and vary by market — confirm with the vendor.