Marijuana Farmers Using Tireless Robots to Guard Their Cash Crops

Attention, teens: if you try and sneak on a pot farm you may face a fleet of unmanned security vehicles that will chase you down. In May, the southern California pot farm Canndescent deployed an unmanned vehicle to patrol and guard its supply of jazz cabbage, which it sends out to medical dispensaries. The INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle, made by the tech manufacturer SHARP, will provide perimeter security and routine patrols to keep intruders out and keep people out of harm's way. As of Monday, at least four other pot farmers have also leased security robots from Sharp. Aside from avoiding injuries to human security guards, the smart INTELLOS drone could also prove to be more vigilant than someone stuck guarding the farm during the night shift.