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can we take a selfie this robot might be happy to take a selfie with you but it has a much more serious side the ability to do concealed weapon detection to actually know that someone's carrying a firearm in an area where there shouldn't be designed for security and surveillance these robots autonomously monitor indoor and outdoor areas for potential threats this is the k1 it's a stationary robot that has weapons detection it uses the same millimeter wave technology that's used at airports through TSA security so it can tell the size and shape of weapons the 150 pound k1 can also be configured to detect radiation it's expected to be used at airports including luggage collection areas and healthcare facilities for more rugged terrain like gravel at locations such as oil rigs and wind farms there's the seven hundred and seventy pound k7 the machine has holonomic steering so a very simple way to explain that is it the machine can move like a crab so I can turn on its own axis and also go sideways all the robots collect and process data from a range of sensors including sonar lidar thermal imaging and traditional cameras companies monitor the activity then implement security measures if needed in 2018 night scope will add a feature called audio event detection it says will help security guards more accurately locate the scene of a crime the opposite of voice recognition can you tell me all the little intricacies of the environment and not focus on just the voice of what's happening so if you heard footsteps can you learn what a footstep sounds like previous spots have suffered some crossed wires with the k5 driving itself into a fountain and in 2016 running into a child at a mall tonight scopes hoping these new real-life Robocop's will be the ideal partners to fight crime in Mountain View California alexis Avedis cnet.com for CBS News