Knightscope Secures Contract from Texas Semiconductor Company

K5 Autonomous Security Robots to Help Protect a Vital Industry

Knightscope, Inc. [Nasdaq: KSCP] (“Knightscope” or the “Company”), a leading developer of autonomous security robots and blue light emergency communication systems, today announced a new contract for 3 K5 Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) from a semiconductor company in Texas.

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Knightscope secures contract for 3 K5 Autonomous Security Robots to help protect a vital industry. (Photo: Business Wire)

According to McKinsey & Company, the semiconductor market reached $600 billion in sales in 2021 and is expected to reach $1 trillion within this decade. Semiconductors are the heart of contemporary electronics, enabling technologies that are essential to U.S. economic growth, national security, and international competitiveness to flourish.

Numerous additional applications, including those in communications, computers, healthcare, military systems, transportation, and clean energy, advance on a near daily basis thanks to semiconductors. By providing the most advanced tools to support the safety and security of these facilities, Knightscope is fostering the development of other cutting-edge technologies like brain-inspired computing, virtual reality, energy-efficient sensing, automated devices, robots, and artificial intelligence that have the potential to positively impact society in a similar fashion.

About Knightscope

Knightscope is an advanced public safety technology company that builds fully autonomous security robots and blue light emergency communications systems that help protect the places people live, work, study and visit. Knightscope’s long-term ambition is to make the United States of America the safest country in the world. Learn more about us at www.knightscope.com. Follow Knightscope on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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