Knightscope

Knightscope is a United States company that combines autonomous security robots, orchestration software and augmented human agents into one security service. The site calls this its Autonomous Security Force and says it is deployed across 42 states. The company is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol KSCP. Its location is given as Silicon Valley, California.

Machines and software

• Autonomous machines: patrolling robots and detection devices fitted with cameras, radar, sonar, lasers and sensors, plus emergency communication devices.
• Signals: the AI orchestration platform that logs every patrol, timestamps sensor checks and provides a live digital twin of the site.
• Augmented agents: licensed, trained security agents in the field and AI-enabled analysts in a remote operations center, both connected through Signals.

Operating model

The site argues that guard companies, camera vendors and access control providers usually run as separate silos with separate invoices. Knightscope offers one managed platform under one contract, with machines patrolling around the clock and software that verifies rounds and presence. The site describes example scenarios including big box parking lots, storage yards, hospital entrances and school sites. It also states that the force makes its public debut at the GSX 2026 event.

The company argues that a single managed service can verify patrol rounds and guard presence, which it says separate guard firms and camera vendors cannot do. Its field agents may be armed or unarmed, and both they and the remote analysts answer to one command structure. The site also says customers can export every logged action from the digital twin of their site.

Key facts

• Based in: Silicon Valley, California, United States
• Products: Autonomous security machines, Signals orchestration platform, Emergency Communication Devices
• Markets: Commercial, industrial and institutional sites, including hospitals and schools