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The Security Bot follows patrol robots, security drones, inspection robots and AI cameras, and how security teams put them into service. It is edited within The Humanoid Group.

Sources we rely on

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act) — European Union, EUR-Lex.
The EU AI Act in full, including its rules on remote biometric identification and high-risk AI systems.
Video surveillance (including guidance for organisations using CCTV) — Information Commissioner's Office (UK).
How UK GDPR applies to CCTV, number-plate recognition, facial recognition and other surveillance systems.
Amended Surveillance Camera Code of Practice — Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, GOV.UK.
Twelve principles that police, councils and other relevant authorities in England and Wales must consider when running cameras.
Face Technology Evaluations (FRTE/FATE) — National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
NIST's ongoing independent tests of face recognition and face analysis algorithms, with published results.
Subcommittee E54.09 on Response Robots — ASTM International.
The ASTM group writing test methods for ground and aerial response robots: mobility, sensing, radio links and manipulation.
IEC 62676-4:2025 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications - Part 4: Application guidelines — International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
International guidance on planning, installing, commissioning, testing and maintaining video surveillance systems.
"Not Just Another Tool": Report on Public Perceptions of AI in Law Enforcement — United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).
A UN survey of public attitudes to AI in policing, stressing transparency, human oversight and legal safeguards.
Drones: A Report on the Use of Drones by Public Safety Agencies — Police Executive Research Forum with the US DOJ COPS Office.
Lessons on setting up police drone programmes, drawn from an agency survey, plus a review of malicious drone threats.

Patrol Robots — Autonomous ground robots that patrol car parks, campuses and corridors on a schedule.
Security Drones — Camera and thermal drones for perimeter checks, incident overview and search.
Inspection Robots — Legged robots and autonomous drones for inspecting plant, tunnels and hard-to-reach sites.
Defence & EOD Robots — Unmanned ground vehicles and bomb disposal robots for agencies and defence organisations.
AI Surveillance Cameras — Fixed, PTZ, fisheye and thermal cameras that run analytics on the device.
Edge AI & Sensors — Edge AI computers, LiDAR and thermal sensors for building your own analytics.
Police Robots — How police forces use robots, from bomb disposal to drones, and the rules shaping their use.
Privacy Law for Robots — What data protection law expects of patrol robots and AI cameras, from impact assessments to retention.
Security Drone Rules — When security drones need extra permission, how flights out of the pilot's sight work, and who may watch.
Robots vs Guard Hours — A method for comparing what a patrol robot covers with the guard hours it might replace or support.
Perimeter Protection — How fence sensors, cameras, barriers, drones and patrol robots work together on a large site's boundary.
Securing Security Robots — Cyber checks for connected patrol robots, drones and cameras, from default settings to support periods.
Latest updates — Police drones are scaling fast, patrol robots are being bundled with software and monitoring, and lawmakers are setting limits on imports, facial recognition and armed machines. These are the numbers and decisions security buyers need.
About us — What we cover, how we source every figure, and who publishes this site.

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