Stokes Robotics School Security Packages | Quadruped Robots for Campus Safety
Schools spend approximately $3 billion on security annually in the United States, yet the pattern of school violence continues. Conventional security measures, including facial recognition software, automatic door locks, video surveillance, and identification systems, are designed to prevent intruders from entering school buildings. Most of them are entirely passive once an intruder is inside. They document. They alert. They lock down. But they do not physically intervene.
Stokes Robotics' quadruped security packages take a different approach. Built around Unitree quadruped robots that combine genuine physical capabilities with the same AI, computer vision, and autonomous navigation technology students learn to program in the STEMbotic curriculum, these packages are designed to eliminate the forced choice between educating students and protecting them. A school that deploys a Stokes quadruped security package gets both: a capable, deployable security asset and an active educational platform that students program and learn from throughout the school year.
Klein Educational supplies Stokes Robotics security packages to schools across California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Alaska. We help schools understand the options and identify the right configuration for their campus security needs and educational goals.
The problem with conventional school security
Despite significant investment in security infrastructure, schools remain vulnerable once a threat is inside the building. Conventional security systems create awareness and access control but lack the ability to physically engage with an active threat in the time between breach and law enforcement arrival. That gap, between the moment a threat enters a facility and the moment it is stopped, is where the most serious harm occurs.
Stokes Robotics' quadruped security packages address that gap directly with a mobile, deployable security platform that can be positioned anywhere on campus, can be monitored and controlled remotely, and has the physical capabilities to confront a threat before law enforcement arrives.
What a quadruped robot can do for campus security
The Stokes Unitree quadruped security robots provide four distinct security capabilities that work together to create a more complete and proactive security system.
Video monitoring allows the robot to capture footage that is monitored by teachers, school resource officers, and law enforcement, with on-off control as needed to protect privacy during normal educational operations and activate surveillance during security events.
Communication capabilities provide a channel for law enforcement and school administrators to remotely communicate with persons in the vicinity of the robot, allowing de-escalation communication, instructions to students and staff, and coordination with responding officers through the robot's position in the building.
Intruder confrontation is the most distinctive and consequential capability of the quadruped security platform. The robots can run at speeds up to 10.5 mph toward an intruder, engage with nonlethal force, and support the installation of smoke screens, flash bangs, and similar equipment that disorient an intruder's senses, create distractions, and generate extended time for safety measures and evacuation to occur. This active intervention capability is what distinguishes the Stokes security package from every passive security system currently deployed in schools.
The combination of these four capabilities creates a layered security response that extends the effective window for student and staff safety from the moment a threat enters the building.
What students learn from the security robots
The Stokes security package does not simply add a security asset to the campus. It adds an educational asset that students actively engage with throughout the school year. The same robot that serves a security function during a threat event is the robot that students program, engineer, and develop applications for during class time.
Students who work with the Stokes quadruped security platform develop skills in programming, engineering design, the engineering design process, robotics, wireless communication, and broader STEM concepts through hands-on experience with the same platform they see in a real-world deployment context. This direct connection between classroom learning and real-world application is one of the most powerful motivators for STEM engagement available, and the security application context gives students a genuine sense of purpose and relevance for the skills they are developing.
The Stokes STEMbotic curriculum supports instruction in quadruped robotics for security, covering the programming and engineering concepts specific to security applications alongside the foundational robotics curriculum that each Unitree platform supports.
Why quadruped robots for security
Quadruped robots have specific physical capabilities that make them better suited for campus security than wheeled robots in school environments. They can navigate stairs, ramps, and uneven surfaces that wheeled platforms cannot. They can move at speed across any floor surface. They can be deployed to any location in a school building including stairwells and areas that wheeled systems cannot access. The Unitree platforms' combination of high speed, robust physical construction, and programmable AI make them the right hardware foundation for a school security application that needs to be genuinely capable rather than symbolic.
The security application also creates a compelling and ongoing justification for the educational investment in the robot, making the case for quadruped robotics in a school's budget easier than a purely educational argument alone might support.
How Klein Educational supports your program
Klein Educational works with school administrators, security coordinators, and STEM program directors from the first conversation through robot selection, security package configuration, curriculum planning, and delivery. We help schools understand how to integrate the Stokes security package into both their security infrastructure and their educational programming.
We have direct access to the full Stokes Robotics product line for programs and institutions across our seven-state region.
Frequently asked questions
What security capabilities do the Stokes quadruped robots provide? The robots provide video monitoring with remote on-off control, communication capabilities allowing remote two-way communication through the robot, and intruder confrontation including speeds up to 10.5 mph, nonlethal force engagement, and support for smoke screens, flash bangs, and similar disorientation equipment.
Can the security robots also be used for student education? Yes. The Stokes approach is specifically designed to synthesize security and education in a single platform. The same robot used for campus security is programmed and studied by students in the STEMbotic curriculum, covering programming, engineering design, robotics, and wireless communication.
What makes quadruped robots more capable for school security than wheeled robots? Quadruped robots can navigate stairs, ramps, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces that wheeled robots cannot access, allowing deployment to any location in a school building and movement at speed across all floor types.
How fast can the security robot move toward a threat? The Unitree Go1 can run at speeds over 10 mph toward an intruder, providing a meaningful physical response capability in the gap between threat entry and law enforcement arrival.
Does the security package include curriculum? Yes. Stokes Robotics includes STEMbotic curriculum covering quadruped robotics for security applications alongside foundational programming, engineering, and robotics units for student instruction.
What states does Klein Educational serve? We serve California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Alaska.
Ready to Explore Quadruped Robot Security for Your School?
Whether you are looking to enhance campus security, add a compelling robotics platform to your STEM program, or both, our team will help you understand the Stokes security package options and find the right configuration for your campus and curriculum.