For 20 hours a day, seven days a week, a security robot rolls around the old Kansas City Star building on the 1600 block of McGee Street, like the 21st century version of a street patrolling beat cop.

The NYPD is shelling out nearly $400,000 for a remote controlled Wall-E look-alike robot that can roll into danger — so cops don’t have to. The PackBot 525 — built by Massachusetts-based defense ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A local security company is taking a futuristic approach to public safety, teaming up with an Oregon-based robotics firm to patrol neighborhoods using artificial intelligence.

For 20 hours a day, seven days a week, a security robot rolls around the old Kansas City Star building on the 1600 block of McGee Street, like the 21st century version of a street patrolling beat cop.