Knightscope Robot Writes Column In Washington Post

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John Honovich
Sep 27, 2017
IPVM

It is as weird as the title sounds, column:

I would think this is a net positive for Knightscope simply to continue getting such national attention.

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Undisclosed #1
Sep 27, 2017
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Fake. News.

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John Honovich
Sep 27, 2017
IPVM

Robot Bigot.

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Brian Rhodes
Sep 27, 2017
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The marketing strategy of doubling-down on a pathetic failure just makes Knightscope appear like a running joke that even they do not take seriously.

Microsoft doesn't promote the sad, self-aware 'blue screen of death' as a proponent of anything in national print ads columns.

 

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Undisclosed #5
Sep 29, 2017

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Undisclosed End User #2
Sep 27, 2017

Once people realize Rosie can't deliver any real security value, she'll be delivering pizzas within 30 minutes or more.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
Sep 28, 2017

My tinfoil hat theory: Knightscope already has a buyer.  Knightscope is going to become a very well marketed test bed, and when Microsoft/Google/Tesla/Amazon/Apple/Rob Shaw/whoever swoops in and buys them, the mistakes will have been made and the mud will have been thrown.  The buyer will dust them off, fix the glitches, and have a viable product, and the good reputation of the buyer will erase the past.  Quite possibly the product will be oriented toward a different market segment all together.

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Brian Karas
Sep 28, 2017
IPVM

Quite possibly the product will be oriented toward a different market segment all together.

A Roomba that you only need to empty once a year?

 
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Undisclosed #4
Sep 29, 2017

I don't think they will sell anytime soon if at all.  And not even sure how a sale would work with all those investors and the mini ipo..   Not sure there is anything those companies mentioned would be interested in anyway.   

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Sep 28, 2017
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Quite possibly the product will be oriented toward a different market segment all together.

Companion robot?

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