Security patrol robots

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass market

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: About 80 to 90 Knightscope robots were under contract in the US, as the company prepared to list its shares (26 Jan 2022).

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. The source opened gives no dates for the pool and toddler incidents, so the reporting date is used. Knightscope's Q1 2026 filing reports about $6 million in quarterly revenue, a $10.3 million net loss and an accumulated deficit of about $237 million. Its website claims 434 clients and 10,000+ machines and agents, counting fixed devices; not confirmed independently. Other makers were not checked.