Two robotic dogs now patrol the parking lots and common areas of 445 Cleveland Apartments, a roughly 200-unit complex in southwest Atlanta, once the leasing office closes for the night. They replaced two to three overnight and weekend human guards.
These machines do not operate on their own. Operators at a remote monitoring station watch camera feeds and decide when to speak with residents or contact police.
How the System Works
Undaunted Robotic Security links mobile robots to fixed cameras, motion sensors, and thermal imaging inside a single human-monitored system.
Atlanta-based Undaunted Robotic Security combines those hardware layers so that when activity is flagged, an operator can direct a mobile robot to the location and assess the situation in real time. The company describes the service as remote human security augmented by mobile robotics, not autonomous surveillance.
Undaunted’s published specifications include:
- 360-degree thermal cameras
- Two-way audio communication
- 120-decibel onboard alarm
- Weather-resistant construction
- Approximately 2.5-hour battery life with a multi-unit charging station
Note that the alarm rating, weather resistance, and charging-station capacity are drawn from available coverage rather than a directly accessible official specification sheet; treat those figures accordingly.
Why Property Managers Are Adopting Them
Lower costs and a willingness to approach tense situations are the two reasons property managers cite most often.
Property manager Carlos Cabello said human guards were sometimes reluctant to approach groups in the parking lot, citing perceived personal risk. The robots changed that dynamic, he said, because they can move toward people without putting a guard in that position.
Cost is the other driver. Undaunted says its system runs at roughly half the price of traditional guard staffing, though the company has not published an independent cost breakdown to support that figure.
Undaunted launched in January 2025 and says it has since expanded across dozens of Atlanta-area commercial and residential properties. The company has discussed deploying approximately 120 robots and received pre-seed investment from Atlanta Ventures along with real-estate and security-technology investors.
Reported Results and Their Limits
Every performance figure below comes from Undaunted or its partner managers; Reuters was unable to independently verify any of them.
Undaunted CEO Bryan Dinner said 445 Cleveland experienced a 100% reduction in residential burglaries, a 75% reduction in vehicle theft, and a 65% reduction in vehicle break-ins after deployment. Reuters reported it could not independently verify those figures.
Dinner also attributed an occupancy increase from roughly 60% to nearly 100% to the improved security environment. That claim likewise lacks independent verification.
Results vary by property and service package, so those numbers should not be read as typical outcomes across every deployment. At Columbia Crest Apartments, local Atlanta reporting described a separate incident in which robots followed fleeing suspects after cameras captured a reported car break-in and alerted Atlanta police. The robots did not physically engage anyone.
Privacy, Labor, and Open Questions
Mobile robots recording video and potentially audio in shared residential spaces raise questions that residents deserve answered before deployment begins.
Before one rolls past your door, ask what areas it covers, how long footage is retained, whether recordings are shared with law enforcement, and who else can access them. Property managers should communicate operating areas, recording practices, and complaint procedures to residents in advance.
Replacing overnight guards may reduce on-site security jobs while shifting some of that work to remote monitoring roles. The net employment effect remains unclear.
No specific local regulations governing these deployments were confirmed in available sources. Wider adoption will depend on independently verified crime data, resident acceptance, clear privacy policies, and reliable battery and network performance. If you live in or manage an apartment property, those are the questions worth pressing now, before the robots start their rounds. For broader context on evaluating security options, home security resources can help you understand what questions to ask.
