I love it," says Juanita Johnson of Atlanta.

“And it works every day.

Wingate is also treating this as a trial run in partnership with local law enforcement.

Towering patrol bot deployed in Atlanta after brief New York subway stint

Privacy implications are always a concern with surveillance of this sort.

But in a neighborhood weary from the violent crime rate, residents simply don’t seem to care.

Andre Johnson, a local resident, told 11Alive that privacy was hardly attainable anymore.

It’s worth mentioning that this isn’t the Knightscope K5’s first security stint.

The same robot went viral last year after it was put on duty at the Times Square subway station.

And perhaps more amusingly, it could not use stairs.

Image credit:Knightscope