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🤖 Knightscope and Carnegie Mellon University Enter Into Letter Agreement

5-Year Collaboration and Establishment of the National Security Robotics Lab in Silicon Valley

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 15, 2026 – Knightscope, Inc. (NASDAQ: KSCP), a managed service provider building the nation’s first Autonomous Security Force, today announced that it has entered into a letter agreement with Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science to collaborate on educational projects designed to help strengthen the U.S. robotics workforce, advance next-generation autonomous systems for public safety, and support national priorities related to robotics and security.

Under the letter agreement, Knightscope has committed to fund a total of five educational course projects at Carnegie Mellon University over a five-year period. The collaboration is expected to focus on the use of robotics for national security, public safety, or physical security. In addition, Knightscope will make its National Security Robotics Lab at its headquarters in Silicon Valley available to Carnegie Mellon University.

Five graduate students from the Master of Science in Robotic Systems Development (MRSD) program at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are already working with Knightscope on an advanced artificial intelligence feature for the upcoming all-new K7 Autonomous Security Robot (ASR).

“Carnegie Mellon University has helped define modern robotics, and we are honored to work with the School of Computer Science on projects that can help strengthen America’s leadership in autonomy, public safety and security,” said William Santana Li, Chairman and CEO, Knightscope. “This collaboration aligns with our goal to build the nation’s first Autonomous Security Force in support of our long-term mission – combining advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, augmented security agents and real-world operational experience to help make communities safer.”

“Carnegie Mellon University students do their best work when they are challenged with meaningful, real-world problems,” said John Dolan, MRSD Program Director, Carnegie Mellon University. “Through this collaboration with Knightscope, we look forward to giving students opportunities to engage with autonomous systems in practical security and public-safety environments while contributing to the next generation of robotics capabilities.”

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