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I'm trying to think how this might fail - like if someone throws a bag over it. But then I guess it just immediately calls the police assuming foul play? I gu

I'm trying to think how this might fail - like if someone throws a bag over it. But then I guess it just immediately calls the police assuming foul play? I guess if you cut wireless communication and then covered it with a bag it would be ineffective, but I'm guessing places with enough loot to seriously interest thieves can afford more than just the robot. I guess it's basically a mobile and controllable security camera. How unhappy are places with security camera setups today and what do they cost? It's certainly an interesting idea and I could see it working, but there are so many moving parts I could see a lot of issues. But it seems like most of those problems can be ironed out with time. Best of luck to Cobalt!

deepnotderp 10y ago
Adversarial examples?
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- CodeWriter23 10y ago
  Hang an iPhone in front of the robot's camera. Run a green screen camera app on the iPhone. Wear green.
throwaway729 10y ago
> I guess if you cut wireless communication and then covered it with a bag it would be ineffective Just have it send in a heart beat. > How unhappy are places with security camera setups today and what do they cost? This seems like the right question. The cost delta between "some cameras on high-value stuff" and "cameras everywhere" might justify this robot. But also, the robot can roll up to someone and ask them to present ID. Or to please leave because the building is closing now. This would cut down on false positives (silent alarm triggered by employee leaving work late etc.) Also, security guards make regular rounds in buildings that, for cultural or other reasons, don't have permanent security cameras. Colleges come to mind for example. It's harder for me to imagine. At the very least, I could see this being a really compelling value-add for a security monitoring company. Cut down on false positives by prompting people for the ID and doing facial recog. instead of automatically triggering the silent alarm. But also just as a "cool tech" differentiator. So it's not clear it will replace many minimum-wage workers. But it might replace a few. In any case, a robot like this can be built cheaply enough that there's bound to be a market. The question is just if the market is big enough for VC's to care, I guess.
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deepnotderp 10y ago

Adversarial examples?

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CodeWriter23 10y ago
Hang an iPhone in front of the robot's camera. Run a green screen camera app on the iPhone. Wear green.

throwaway729 10y ago

> I guess if you cut wireless communication and then covered it with a bag it would be ineffective Just have it send in a heart beat. > How unhappy are places with security camera setups today and what do they cost? This seems like the right question. The cost delta between "some cameras on high-value stuff" and "cameras everywhere" might justify this robot. But also, the robot can roll up to someone and ask them to present ID. Or to please leave because the building is closing now. This would cut down on false positives (silent alarm triggered by employee leaving work late etc.) Also, security guards make regular rounds in buildings that, for cultural or other reasons, don't have permanent security cameras. Colleges come to mind for example. It's harder for me to imagine. At the very least, I could see this being a really compelling value-add for a security monitoring company. Cut down on false positives by prompting people for the ID and doing facial recog. instead of automatically triggering the silent alarm. But also just as a "cool tech" differentiator. So it's not clear it will replace many minimum-wage workers. But it might replace a few. In any case, a robot like this can be built cheaply enough that there's bound to be a market. The question is just if the market is big enough for VC's to care, I guess.

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