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Security Robot Rolls Over Child in Mall

On July 7, 2016, a Knightscope K5 autonomous security robot collided with a 16-month old boy while patrolling the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, CA.

Date it happened
2016-07-12
Organisation involved
Stanford Shopping Center
Product, system or model
Knightscope K5 security robot with ~ 30 sensors, including a multitude of laser ranging devices and sonar sensors allowing it to sense the surrounding environment from less than an inch away to over 3
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