ASSA ABLOY and Boston Dynamics collaborate to automate security patrols
Victoria Rees
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ASSA ABLOY has announced that it is working with Boston Dynamics, a developer of highly agile mobile robots, to deliver the next step in automated security patrols.
ASSA ABLOY has introduced a new digital access solution that allows Boston Dynamics’ Spot security patrol robots to unlock and open accessed-controlled automated doors autonomously.
Equipped with PTZ industrial video camera, thermal and audio sensor payloads, Spot robots provide continuous monitoring, streaming live data back to command centers, freeing up personnel to focus on other vital security duties.
With embedded digital access credentials that communicate via Bluetooth with Signo readers from HID, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, Spot can freely pass through compatible automated doors to patrol the exterior of facilities or to transit interior secured openings.
Automating security patrols
Angelo Faenza, Head of Digital Access Solutions at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Americas, said: “As soon as Boston Dynamics presented us with the door access issue they were facing, we immediately jumped at the opportunity.
“It’s such a natural fit and has been a thoroughly symbiotic and successful collaborative endeavor.
“Security solutions, after all, are what we’re all about.
“It’s always a pleasure and privilege to work with such an exciting technology innovator like Boston Dynamics.”
Tim Dykstra, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Channel Sales for Boston Dynamics, added: “Our partnership with ASSA ABLOY quickly resulted in the creation of a logical and practical solution to overcome what was originally a tricky problem.
“Today, ASSA ABLOY has made it incredibly easy for Spot to go where it needs to in order to perform its critical autonomous security patrols.”
In addition to security operations, the new autonomous digital access capability will also be available for Spot’s industrial inspection applications.