Rhombus Recon – Security that Moves

For nearly a decade, Rhombus has constantly been asking the question, “How can we make better physical security solutions?” That journey started with AI Cameras and quickly moved to an integrated platform that now includes Sensors, Access Control, Alarm Monitoring, and Guest Management. 

While developing these solutions, there’s been a recurring challenge that we’ve wanted to solve, which is giving more mobility to cameras. No matter how good the PTZ or zoom, there’s always a scenario where a person or object is just out of view or is obstructed. It turns out that security doesn’t fail in the center of the frame. It fails in the gaps. 

Today, we’re announcing Rhombus Recon – the first mobile autonomous physical security solution that can move beyond the frame.

Rhombus Recon is a robotics platform that brings intelligence and autonomous security to any robotics form factor, including quadrupeds, humanoids, and other wheeled vehicles.  

Our initial iteration will include a robotic quadruped (more commonly known as a robotic dog) outfitted with Rhombus Recon. With Rhombus Recon, the robotic dog, and other future form factors will seamlessly live within the broader Rhombus platform creating the first autonomous physical security platform that can both spot threats and issues and proactively respond to them without restrictions.  

Here are a few examples of how Recon and the wider Rhombus platform will work together seamlessly: 

1. Proactive Incident Response - If an intruder comes onto a car lot, a Rhombus camera will spot them at a distance. The system will then dispatch a Recon robot to investigate more closely. If the robot determines the intruder is a threat, it will play an audible deterrent and then loop in the Rhombus Alarm Monitoring, so a live agent can further deter the intruder, or dispatch law enforcement if necessary. The live agent will have manual controls and can follow the intruder until they vacate the premises. 
2. Automated Inspections - A manufacturing facility wants to automate safety checks at each station. Combining Recon with Rhombus Custom Events, Recon has a designated route it follows making sure to stop at each station. At each station, it will execute a designated set of prompts, gather the responses and data, and report on those. If anything is found out of the ordinary, it will immediately generate an alert. At the end of its route, it will return to its charging pad with all video and reports available to operators after the fact. 
3. Gap Coverage - Large outdoor sites, such as construction yards or expansive storage facilities, often have “dead zones” where installing fixed cameras is cost-prohibitive or physically impossible. Rhombus Recon acts as a mobile sentry, patrolling the intricate spaces between outer fences and buildings where visibility is typically limited. By maintaining a continuous, autonomous perimeter sweep, Recon ensures that no area remains unmonitored for long. If Recon detects an anomaly in these high-risk shadows, it instantly broadcasts the live feed back to the Rhombus Console, effectively turning a “blind spot” into a fully visible, proactive security zone. 

What can Rhombus Recon do that no other robotics solution can? 

1. Utilize all of the existing Rhombus managed cameras, access control, and sensors to provide complete situational awareness and navigational aide. 
2. Leverage advanced AI including Rhombus Insights to assess any given situation for possible threats, safety, quality checks, and more 
3. Provide additional verification for any situation, and if necessary, dispatch law enforcement 
4. Manage a fleet of robots across an entire organization from one central console  
5. Dispatch robots on demand or follow automatically scheduled routes. 

As organizations continue to deal with labor shortages and turnover, Recon can help augment those teams and will be an indispensable tool for every organization.  

Rhombus Recon is designed to work with existing robotics companies like Boston Dynamics, Unitree, and more.  

We’ll be demoing an early version of Rhombus Recon and the new future of autonomous physical security at ISC West (booth #L18), 23-27 March. Visit us to be amongst the first to experience Rhombus Recon or sign up to our early access mailing list to find out how to become one of the first organizations to try it out later this year.