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Updated October 2026
Cobalt Robotics, founded in 2016, built indoor security robots and was renamed Cobalt AI after Dean Drako acquired it in June 2024. Service Robot Co. is a different kind of company. We pick the right security robot for your site, lease it on a 3-year lease with a $1 buyout, deploy it, train your team and service it.
Who is Cobalt Robotics?
SecurityInfoWatch reported on June 4, 2024 that Dean Drako acquired Cobalt Robotics and renamed it CobaltAI.com. The company was founded in 2016. Source
The same article says Ken Wolff would continue as CEO and the company would remain independent. Source
Service Robot Co. is not affiliated with Cobalt Robotics, and this page is not from Cobalt Robotics.
What changed at Cobalt, in its owner's words?
Outside sources, quoted and linked. Check each point on your own sites.
Dean Drako told SecurityInfoWatch: “the company direction is going to change a little bit. Management is going to change a little bit.”
Drako also said: “There's still a good use case for the robots, but the use case for the fixed cameras is just as good.”
Where does it fit on your site?
Where do indoor security robots fit?
SecurityInfoWatch says Cobalt's robots were designed to augment or replace guards inside buildings, checking doors and windows, and that its owner said robots work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Offices, campuses and warehouses with long indoor patrol routes are the natural fit. Buildings with many stairs or no lift access are harder. We look at your building layout, cameras and shift patterns first. If a robot adds real coverage we recommend one, and if your fixed cameras already do the job we say that. Source
How does AI filtering change the job?
Drako described AI that reviews alerts first and sends a person only what needs a decision, using cameras, robots and people in the loop. If you already run cameras and access control, the question is how a robot adds to that, and whether you need it at all. We look at your cameras and routes at the assessment. Ask any seller which of these a robot can add and which it cannot, and what each part of the system costs you in staff time, not in robot features. Source
What does a change of owner mean for a buyer?
SecurityInfoWatch reported that Cobalt was acquired in June 2024, renamed Cobalt AI, and that its owner said direction and management would change a little. A buyer should ask who owns support today, who staffs the human review team and what the roadmap commitment is in writing. That is a diligence question for any robot maker, not a criticism of one. Ask for the answers in writing. Source
What stays with your team?
Robots handle repeated checks. Your staff decide what happens after a flag: who gets called, who walks to the door, who talks to a visitor without a badge. Write that response plan down before the robot arrives. We help you map it. Hand the response plan to the people who will use it, and test it once with the robot on site. Source
Why talk to an integrator first?
Going direct to one maker gets you that maker’s machine. Service Robot Co. starts from your site instead. We pick the right machine for it, lease it to you, deploy it, train your team and service it. One company owns the result.
Integrator, dealer or buying direct: how they compareHow does the lease work?
A 3-year lease with a $1 buyout at the end. You see the terms before you commit.
Assess
A free site assessment of the floors, routes and hours you want to cover. We look at the layout, the people and the work.
Lease
We pick the right machine for your site and quote a 3-year lease with a $1 buyout at the end.
Deploy and train
We map the site, set the routes and no-go areas and train your team to run the robot day to day.
Service
One number when something stops. Support, service engineers, check visits and a warranty are listed below.
What should you ask before you sign?
Ask these of Cobalt Robotics, of us, or of anyone selling you a robot.
- Which parts of the offer are robots, which are cameras, and which are AI software?
- Who reviews alerts, and are they Cobalt staff or mine?
- Who owns video, patrol and alert data, and how long is it kept?
- Which access control and video systems does it work with today?
- Which features carry recurring fees?
- What happens to my support if the company changes hands again?
- Who is my local service contact, and what is the response time?
- Which sites and floors can the robot not cover, such as stairs?
RoboCare™
Service nationwide.
- 24/7 support.
- 10-minute technical-specialist triage.
- Regional service engineers in every state we service.
- 3 check visits a year.
- 12-month warranty.
Who should go direct to Cobalt Robotics instead?
Going direct is the right call for some buyers. We would rather say so than take a lease that does not fit.
- You want Cobalt's AI monitoring across cameras and access control as one package.
- You already know the Cobalt offer fits and want the maker as your only contact.
- You would rather manage deployment, training and service yourself.
- If no robot fits your site yet, we will say so at the assessment.
Common questions
Start with a free site assessment.
Tell us the site and the job. We walk it, tell you which robot fits and quote the lease before you commit.
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