The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Knightscope: 5 models, 23 deployments across 9 regions, $22.4M raised, 4 active incidents. 9 sources back the record.
CategorySecurity robots
Overview
Autonomous security robots; K5/K3/K7 patrol robots deployed at campuses, corporate HQs, hospitals; Nasdaq: KSCP.
Reality check
K5 (company-claimed)
360 degree HD video, thermal imaging, people and plate detection, two-way audio, custom patrol paths.
K7 (company-claimed)
Autonomous patrol robot for large outdoor, industrial, logistics and commercial sites.
Signals (company-claimed)
Intelligence layer fusing sensors, machines and humans into one picture with escalation and audit trails.
Operational scale (company-claimed)
434 clients in 42 US states; more than 4.4 million autonomous hours.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 23 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 4 incidents on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundNasdaq IPO (Reg A+) post-money
Key facts
Products
Deployment Sites
Focus
Data & sources
Patent documents
7
Web sources
2
9 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (5)
View all models →Current platform
Knightscope K3
Indoor autonomous security patrol robot. Stands ~5 ft, ~3 mph, self-recharging, 24/7 autonomous navigation of indoor spaces. Observe-and-report only (no weapons); night/infrared vision, 16-microphone array with sound classification (footsteps, glass break, gunshot), two-way audio, and event detection. First announced by Knightscope in 2016 as the indoor counterpart to the outdoor K5.
Current platform
K7 Autonomous Security Robot
The K7 Autonomous Security Robot is a security patrol robot made by Knightscope. It is a commercial-stage product designed for autonomous security patrolling. No additional specifications or deployment details are available.
Current platform
K1 Laser
K1 Laser is Knightscope's fixed lidar security sensor, announced July 2024, that detects, classifies and tracks people, vehicles and objects indoors and outdoors.
Current platform
K1 Hemisphere
The K1 Hemisphere is a security patrol robot made by Knightscope. It is classified as a commercial-stage product. No additional specifications or deployment details are available from the provided fields.
Current platform
Knightscope K5
5-foot autonomous security patrol robot; 360-degree cameras, thermal imaging, license plate reading; deploys in outdoor spaces.
Partnerships
Every company Knightscope has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Ouster1× joint
- 2Velodyne LiDAR1× joint
Most recent
- with Ousteroperating
- with Velodyne LiDARoperating
Knightscope on the deployment map
View the global map23 verified deployments across 9 regions, newest verified Aug 2026. Explore where Knightscope's robots are operating, by place and type.
- announcedKnightscope K5 at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA →West Coast · verified Aug 2026
- operationalKnightscope K5 at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jan 2026
- operationalKnightscope K5 at Atlanta, Georgia, USA →Southeast · verified Jan 2026
- announcedK7 Autonomous Security Robot at Sunnyvale, California, USA (HQ) / Multiple US sites →West Coast · verified Nov 2025
- announcedK7 Autonomous Security Robot at Sunnyvale, California, USA →West Coast · verified Nov 2025
- operationalK1 Hemisphere at Pompano Beach, Florida, USA →Southeast · verified Jun 2024
- operationalK1 Hemisphere at Atlanta, Georgia, USA →Southeast · verified Jun 2024
- operationalKnightscope K5 at M Resort Spa Casino, Henderson NV →Northeast · verified Jun 2024
- operationalKnightscope K5 at Graton Resort and Casino, Rohnert Park CA →California · verified Jun 2024
- operationalKnightscope K5 at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula CA →California · verified Jun 2024
- operationalKnightscope K5 at Salt Lake Park, Huntington Park CA →Pennsylvania · verified Jun 2024
- operationalKnightscope K5 at Houston →verified Jun 2024
View the full Knightscope deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- William Santana Li Founder, Chairman & CEO, Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- William Santana Licofounderfounded 2013-01-01
- Stacy Stephenscofounderfounded 2013-01-01
Former / Previously (1)
- Stacy Stephens Co-founder; EVP & Chief Client Officersince 2013-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
4 incidents on record (1 serious, 3 moderate). Most recent: Oct 2019.
Most recent: Oct 2019
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Knightscope (4)
- Knightscope K5 veered off course into a fountain at Georgetown Washington Harbour2017-07-17 · Malfunction
- Knightscope K5 struck and ran over a toddler at Stanford Shopping Center2016-07-07 · Injury
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Knightscope23 deployments
Recent coverage
Knightscope in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Knightscope competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (10)
Registry pages whose text names Knightscope.
Robots and products (3)
Deployments (5)
K7 Autonomous Security Robot at Sunnyvale, California, USA, K1 Hemisphere at Atlanta, Georgia, USA, K1 Hemisphere at USA (3 locations), K1 Laser at United States (multiple hotel chains), K7 Autonomous Security Robot at Sunnyvale, California, USA (HQ) / Multiple US sites
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $22.4M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Knightscope has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Ousteroperating
- with Velodyne LiDARoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Ouster1× joint
- 2Velodyne LiDAR1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology2024-01-01operating
- Velodyne LiDAR x Knightscope (Security Robot Sensors)withVelodyne LiDARtechnology2021-04-05operating
Funding rounds (1)
- Nasdaq IPO (Reg A+)2022-01-01
$22M(reported) · $224M post
Investors: Public Market (lead)
Patent estate (7)
- US 9,329,597 B2usptograntedgranted 2016-05-03assignee
- US 9,792,434 B1usptograntedgranted 2017-10-17assignee
- US 9,773,413 B1usptograntedgranted 2017-09-26assignee
- US10478973B2usptograntedgranted 2019-11-26assignee
- US10279488B2usptograntedgranted 2019-05-07assignee
- US9792434B1usptograntedgranted 2017-10-17assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Knightscope’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipOuster LiDAR x Knightscope (K5 Security Robot Navigation)
2024-01-01Ouster LiDAR sensors are mounted atop the Knightscope K5 autonomous security robot for 360-degree navigation and obstacle detection. The K5 also has 6 additional LiDAR sensors, 13 sonar sensors, 4 HD cameras, and 1 thermal camera. Knightscope's fleet has accumulated 2.5M+ operational hours. Ouster is confirmed as the primary LiDAR supplier for the K5 platform.
Funding roundNasdaq IPO (Reg A+) funding round
2022-01-01Nasdaq IPO (Reg A+) raising $22360000
PartnershipVelodyne LiDAR x Knightscope (Security Robot Sensors)
2021-04-05Knightscope selected Velodyne's Puck LiDAR sensor for its next-generation autonomous security robots. Velodyne Puck provides 360-degree view, reliability, and energy efficiency for Knightscope's K5 and K7 security robots operating across U.S. parking lots, malls, and corporate campuses.
Key hireWilliam Santana Li joins as Co-founder & CEO
2013-01-01William Santana Li appointed Co-founder & CEO (current)
Key hireStacy Stephens joins as Co-founder & President
2013-01-01Stacy Stephens appointed Co-founder & President (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment recordedAug 24, 2026
Knightscope K5 at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Introducing the Knightscope K7 Autonomous Security Robot
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Knightscope's Autonomous Security Robots
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Knightscope Crime Fighting Successes
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Knightscope.Peer companies
- SMP Robotics3 models
- RAD Robotics2 models
- Ascento1 model
- Cobalt AI1 model
- Gamma 2 Robotics1 model
- Micropolis Robotics1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Knightscope from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Knightscope Bets on Broader Autonomous Security Market as Robot Revenue Remains Modest
Knightscope is betting that the autonomous security market will be built around more than patrol robots. The company is increasingly combining autonomous machines with sensors,…
Ohio robot cop retires after zero arrests
Failing Robot Cop Company Knightscope Now Publishing Bizarre AI Slop Fan Fiction About Its Robots Solving Absurd Crimes
Dublin discontinues police robot program
Dublin ends police robot pilot after less than a year
KSCP Rides on Holistic Growth: Should You Stay Invested in the Stock?
Knightscope Announces Nearly $4 Million in New and Recurring Contracts
Knightscope Q1 Revenue Up 106% to $6M
What Is Knightscope Inc (KSCP) Doing With Carnegie Mellon University?
Airport's robot failure, sheriff's car crash topped this week's news
The 420-pound robot at San Antonio airport failed fast
Knightscope Stock (KSCP) Opinions on Carnegie Mellon Partnership
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/knightscope.md
- RSS feed: /companies/knightscope/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5b31719d-af79-40b4-80c9-5e3b5d49e289
- Revision history: /companies/knightscope/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- SMP Robotics3 models
- RAD Robotics2 models
- Ascento1 model
- Cobalt AI1 model
- Gamma 2 Robotics1 model
- Micropolis Robotics1 model
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender79/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Knightscope draws attention at the 86th percentile but verifies reality at the 94th percentile among security_patrol robots. Hype Gap -8, 7th widest among security_patrol robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong deployment footprint with 20 operational sites across 25 countries. Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026