Renato Cudicio, President of Glocal Robotics Europe, and the THALAMUS robot, open an article on security robotics in the latest January/February 2026 edition of Protection Sécurité Magazine.
Excerpts from the published interview:
PSM: When it comes to the use of robots, are potential users asking the right questions?
Renato Cudicio: Generally speaking, all organizations need to ask themselves, as part of their security strategy, about the cost of inaction and, on the other hand, the amount of investment required in technology to raise the bar in order to sufficiently reduce risks. With this financial data, they can then identify the technologies they need to acquire to increase their security. Land-based robots, as well as drones, have thus emerged as a good deterrent for some companies.
However, we cannot and must not deploy these solutions without asking ourselves other questions.
For example, what will the robot be asked to do? How should its patrols be planned to intelligently increase its presence in the field in order to enhance its deterrent role? Indeed, replicating the pattern of a patrol carried out by an agent does not exploit the robot’s full capabilities. Perimeter surveillance needs to be rethought in line with robotic technologies.
PSM: What prerequisites need to be taken into account when deploying them?
Renato Cudicio: Security robotics differs from industrial robotics in that the human factor is omnipresent, both in terms of risk and contextualized analysis. This requires both organizational change to adequately train staff, and implementation of a telecommunications infrastructure that guarantees the transmission of information between the robot and the agents at the remote surveillance center or in the field at all times.
It is important to plan these investments from the outset of the project to ensure that the contribution of autonomous security robots can be maximized.Read more on the PSM website or in the print edition…
