Talk:Knightscope

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This article is terribly written. Many of the statements contradict themselves, the grammar is sub-par, and a large number of citations are broken. I'm tempted to go in here and rip the majority of this stuff out so we can start over with a clean-ish slate. My favorites, btw, are the bits about collecting 90 TB of data per day using infrared light, and "detect[ing] objects 24 hours long."

"Optical character recognition" refers to the recognition of letters 107.146.196.173 (talk) 08:29, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

-Would it be off-color to replace all instances of "People" with "It has been speculated" or "One might speculate" I especially think speculation has no place in an encyclopedia, but it's better than referring to the same source a certain politician uses to make baseless statements. Jeffman12 (talk) 00:19, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Broken Reference

One of the references ( ""Knightscope technology"". Knightscope, Inc. Retrieved 29 October 2014.) currently leads to a page not found error. I don't know what the protocol for this is, I just thought someone who does should know Deadlyops (talk) 20:42, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

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Is it really fair to call this an advertisement? Theres a large section on criticism and the rest of the article is really just general info that isnt really that promotional in nature. Wikiman5676 (talk) 18:59, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

As there is no response, and i have made some changes to the page including adding some encyclopedic content. I have removed the tag. Wikiman5676 (talk) 00:25, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

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COI edit requests (disclosed paid editor)

I have a conflict of interest: I am employed by Knightscope, Inc. and have disclosed this on my user page. I am not editing the article directly. Below are proposed factual corrections, each with current text, proposed text, and a source. Items 1–2 are straightforward factual fixes; the remainder are grouped for convenience and may be actioned individually.

1. Headquarters (lead sentence)

• Current: "...headquartered in Mountain View, California."

• Proposed: "...headquartered in Sunnyvale, California."

• Source: Knightscope Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (filed with the SEC March 27, 2026), cover page and Item 2 (Properties), which states the company's headquarters is an approximately 33,000-square-foot facility at 305 North Mathilda Avenue, Sunnyvale, California. Corroborated by "Knightscope Secures New 33,000 Sq Ft Silicon Valley Headquarters," Business Wire, April 10, 2025.

2. Headquarters (infobox)

• Current: Headquarters: Mountain View, California

• Proposed: Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California

• Source: as in item 1.

3. Business description (lead sentence)

• Current: "Knightscope, Inc. is an American security camera and robotics company..."

• Proposed: "Knightscope, Inc. is an American security technology company..."

• Source: TipRanks (March 3, 2026) describes the company as a managed security services platform; the TipRanks/Globe and Mail company profile (March 4, 2026) describes it as a U.S. security technology company. The company's Form 10-K (Item 1) likewise describes itself as a security technology company.

4. Industry (infobox)

• Current: Industry: Robotics

• Proposed: Industry: Security technology

• Source: as in item 3.

5. Robot terminology (lead)

• Current: "...robots called Autonomous Data Robots (ADRs)..."

• Proposed: "...robots called Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs); these were formerly marketed as Autonomous Data Machines (ADMs)..."

• Source: Form 10-K (FY2025) defines "Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs)"; the earlier "Autonomous Data Machine (ADM)" term appears in contemporaneous coverage. The current article's "Autonomous Data Robots (ADRs)" is neither the historical nor the current term.

6. Terminology consistency (body, Washington Harbour incident)

• Current: "...a Knightscope K5 ADM at the Washington Harbour development..."

• Proposed: "...a Knightscope K5 ASR at the Washington Harbour development..."

• Rationale: aligns with item 5 and removes an internal inconsistency (the lead currently reads "ADR," the body "ADM").

7. K5 operation (body, cost-comparison paragraph)

• Current: "...but can operate 24 hours on a single charge..."

• Proposed: "...but can operate around the clock, returning to a charging dock autonomously..."

• Rationale: corrects a technical inaccuracy and aligns with the article's own earlier statement that the K5 patrols and charges autonomously.

8. K1 product line (body)

• Current: "The K1 is a stationary scanner designed for entrances and exits to buildings and can detect weapons in a crowd. It won the Security Today New Product of the Year award."

• Proposed: "The K1 designation now refers to a line of stationary devices, including the K1 Hemisphere (a stationary autonomous security robot) and a range of blue-light emergency communication products — towers, emergency phones and call boxes. A K1 Tower and a next-generation K1 Super Tower are in development."

• Source: Form 10-K (FY2025), Item 1 (Business) and Item 7 (MD&A), which list the current ASR portfolio (K1 Hemisphere, K1 Tower, K5) and ECD portfolio (K1 Blue Light Towers, Blue Light Emergency Phones, Call Boxes) and identify the K7 ASR, K1 Capsule and K1 Super Tower as in development.

9. Founders (infobox)

• Current: Founders: William Santana Li (chairman, CEO) Stacy Stephens (EVP)

• Proposed: Chairman, CEO: William Santana Li; Founder: Stacy Stephens

• Rationale: both are the company's co-founders (a historical fact). The parenthetical current-title annotations are unnecessary in a "Founders" field and are not consistently supported by recent independent sources.

10. Event Risk acquisition (body)

• Current: "In March 2026, Knightscope acquired Event Risk, a national company that provides security guards and executive protection."

• Proposed: "In February 2026, Knightscope acquired Event Risk LLC, a nationwide provider of armed and unarmed security guarding and executive protection services, for total consideration of approximately $18 million. Event Risk operates as a wholly owned subsidiary under the name Knightscope Security Force."

• Source: Form 10-K (FY2025), Item 1 and Note 11, and Form 10-Q (Q1 2026): the acquisition closed February 27, 2026; total consideration was approximately $18.0 million; Event Risk does business as Knightscope Security Force.

11. Strategy/positioning (suggested addition to the lead or body)

• Proposed addition: "Since 2022, Knightscope has expanded beyond autonomous robots into emergency communication devices and, following its 2026 acquisition of Event Risk, licensed security guarding. The company describes this integrated model — combining autonomous machines, software, monitoring and licensed personnel under a single managed service — as building what it calls 'the nation's first Autonomous Security Force.'"

• Source: TipRanks (March 3, 2026) and TipRanks/Globe and Mail (March 4, 2026) for the repositioning toward managed security services and the U.S. physical security market context; Form 10-K (FY2025) for the platform description. The phrase "Autonomous Security Force" is attributed to the company, not stated as fact.

12. Company logo (infobox)

• Request: Please add Knightscope's current official logo to the infobox via the |logo= parameter. The infobox currently has no logo.

• Source for the logo: the logo as displayed on the company's official website, knightscope.com.
• Licensing: The logo is a trademark of Knightscope, Inc. If you judge the mark to be above the threshold of originality, it would be uploaded locally to English Wikipedia as low-resolution non-free content under a fair-use rationale for infobox identification (consistent with WP:LOGO). If the wordmark is below the threshold of originality, it may instead be hosted on Wikimedia Commons under a public-domain text-logo tag.

.As a disclosed paid editor, I am identifying the official public source only; I leave the upload and the licensing determination to an uninvolved editor. I am not requesting removal of any existing photograph.

Thank you for reviewing these. Chris041587 (talk) 16:47, 15 June 2026 (UTC)