Used for: Inspection & security
Knightscope K5
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Overview
Autonomous outdoor/indoor security patrol robot, 64.6 in tall, with four HD wide-angle cameras for 360 degree eye-level recording, an infrared thermal camera, people, license-plate and signal detection, four microphones, a public-address horn, four strobe lights, a security call button and 4G/5G/private LTE connectivity. Navigates with 6 lidar and 13 sonar sensors, patrols at up to 3 mph and charges itself at a dock. Offered only as a subscription service.
Software & 3D models
- URDF: not found
- MuJoCo: not found
- Isaac Sim (USD): not found
- Gazebo: not found
- CAD (STEP): not found
- SDK: not found
- ROS: not found
- ROS 2: not found
- RoboDK: not found
Checked 2026-10-19. Links are not published; we share them with clients.
Variants & pricing
| Variant | Status | Available | Current price |
|---|---|---|---|
| K5 (subscription service) | available | — | Contact |
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Full price history
| Price | Date | Variant | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | 2026-10-17 | K5 (subscription service) | Knightscope | Sold only as a subscription (Machine-as-a-Service); the official K5 spec sheet and product page publish no price, and no public price list was found. Third-party per-hour figures were not fetched and are not recorded. |
Sensors
- 4 HD wide-angle cameras
- 1 infrared thermal camera
- 4 microphones
- 6 lidar sensors
- 13 sonar sensors
- License plate recognition
- Signal detection
Locomotion
wheeled, up to 20% slope on parking-garage ramps, ADA-compliant ramps and speed bumps
Use cases
security patrol, parking lots and garages, campuses, warehouses and logistics facilities
Software
SDK: ✗ · ROS: ✗ · Open source: ✗ · AI: People detection, automatic license plate recognition, thermal and signal detection; browser-based interface (Chrome), 30 days of raw video storage
Key facts
- Official K5 spec sheet (Knightscope brochure, 2026-01): height 64.6 in (164.1 cm), length 44.6 in, width 34.9 in (113 x 88.6 cm), weight 420 lb (190.5 kg), speed up to 3 mph (4.8 km/h).
- Patrol time 2.5 to 3 hours between charges on average (stored as 2.75 h); autonomous charging 20 to 30 minutes; operating temperature 0 to 115 F (outside ambient) = -17.8 to 46.1 C. Docking station needs a 120 V 20 A outlet.
- Interface is a Chrome browser page with no software to install; 30 days of raw video storage included; intercom button dials a client-specified phone number.
- Wheeled mobile platform with no arm or manipulator; filed under amr as the nearest catalog type (security patrol robot), with the inspection-security application.
- Year of launch and battery capacity are not on the official pages fetched, so they are left empty.
- The image is a brochure render and is not confirmed to show the current K5 generation.
About Knightscope
American security robotics company building autonomous security robots, fixed towers and a subscription security service (Wikipedia, fetched 2026-10-17).
https://www.knightscope.com · Founded: 2013 · HQ: Mountain View, California, USA
Last updated: 2026-10-17 · Full dataset (CSV/JSON, CC BY 4.0)