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If I was to invest in any of these it would be http://www.aptonomy.com/ http://www.aptonomy.com/ I have often thought about this myself. There are som really interesting problems to tackle (like drone clustering and continued surveillance and tracking of intruders using a series of drones (as they run out of energy) Their challenge is going to be legislative more than anything else but things are working in their direction.

ohitsdom 10y ago
Agreed, I too had this same idea! So many security guards are paid to patrol parking lots. This could be cheaper and way more effective.
- ThomPete 10y ago
  Could even be used as first responder to even figure out if you needed to send someone. With infared and camera it would be very easy.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  Security guards are paid to patrol parking lots because experience has shown that the presence of human security guards patrolling the parking lots reduces crime, even compared to comprehensive and visible remote monitoring with obvious (and advertised) cameras. I'm not sure putting the cameras on drones changes the psychology that leads to this effect.
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    On top of that, I wonder if its effectiveness will be impacted by the fact that destroying a drone and attacking/killing a human have different, legal consequences. Crooks sabotage equipment a lot more than they attack people. Quite a few ways to shoot down or disrupt drones appearing online. Might go from hearing how crooks spraypainted cameras to how they paintballed the slow-moving, predictable drone.
  - ThomPete 10y ago
    Sure but there are many other situations for instance first responder which allow for best allocation of human guards by being able to better monitor where they should be.
    - dragonwriter 10y ago
      Oh, sure, and I don't mean to imply that security drones don't have plausible value in some circumstances, I was just addressing the one specific and significant aspect of the "security guards paid to patrol parking lots" scenario...
  - gmarx 10y ago
    What they need is a bad-ass looking ground robot

ohitsdom 10y ago

Agreed, I too had this same idea! So many security guards are paid to patrol parking lots. This could be cheaper and way more effective.

ThomPete 10y ago
Could even be used as first responder to even figure out if you needed to send someone. With infared and camera it would be very easy.
dragonwriter 10y ago
Security guards are paid to patrol parking lots because experience has shown that the presence of human security guards patrolling the parking lots reduces crime, even compared to comprehensive and visible remote monitoring with obvious (and advertised) cameras. I'm not sure putting the cameras on drones changes the psychology that leads to this effect.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  On top of that, I wonder if its effectiveness will be impacted by the fact that destroying a drone and attacking/killing a human have different, legal consequences. Crooks sabotage equipment a lot more than they attack people. Quite a few ways to shoot down or disrupt drones appearing online. Might go from hearing how crooks spraypainted cameras to how they paintballed the slow-moving, predictable drone.
- ThomPete 10y ago
  Sure but there are many other situations for instance first responder which allow for best allocation of human guards by being able to better monitor where they should be.
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    Oh, sure, and I don't mean to imply that security drones don't have plausible value in some circumstances, I was just addressing the one specific and significant aspect of the "security guards paid to patrol parking lots" scenario...
- gmarx 10y ago
  What they need is a bad-ass looking ground robot