This dog-like robot adds security layer to businesses nationwide

WADDELL, Ariz. (InvestigateTV) — A high-tech robot is adding an extra layer of security at businesses across the country, combining AI technology and human expertise to track down security threats.The robot, covered in sensors and about the size of a dog, conducts automated patrols at locations including a warehouse in Waddell, Arizona. The device checks gates, doors, locks and looks for people in places where they shouldn’t be.“This robot has patrolled thousands of miles just in this yard,” said Ryan Hodgens of Asylon, the company behind the technology.Robots patrol facilities nationwideHodgens said robots like this patrol distribution centers and manufacturing plants across the country. When on patrol, they provide live video feeds to a monitoring center in Pennsylvania where people are watching.“We can stop the robot in one place, move the camera over, zoom in 40x to a door to inspect it,” Hodgens said. “We can, if we’re operating at night, switch over to thermal as well, to easily