The REAL RoboCop: Startup designs security drone that uses spotlights and warning messages to scare off intruders

Some say the best way to catch a criminal is to be one-step ahead, but a California startup believes it is better to be one-step above. Aptonomy has developed a self-flying drone that it claims is much cheaper than employing humans, and more effective than cameras and alarms. Dubbed'flying security guard', the drone is an octocopter equipped with cameras, a loudspeaker and blinding lights to scare unwanted visitors away. The team modified a DJI Spreading Wings S100 drones by adding the cameras and computers that navigate the drones around the property, avoid obstacles and search for things that should not be present in its range. Drones are programmed with the area to patrol and spots unwanted intruders with its onboard cameras.