Exclusive Power Management System Enables Continuous Operations Through Extreme Winter Weather
Detroit, Michigan, January 28, 2026 — Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCID:AITX), a global leader in AI-driven security and productivity solutions, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. (RAD), today reported that its RIO™ autonomous security towers have been surpassing their original extreme weather performance estimates as demonstrated by a RIO deployed north of Toronto, Ontario.
This week’s winter storm system has brought extreme conditions including snow, ice, and sustained cloud cover across much of the Midwest, East Coast, Southern United States, and parts of Canada, disrupting transportation, construction activity, and outdoor operations for extended periods. Cities such as Nashville have experienced rare and sustained winter conditions, while large regions remain under prolonged cloud cover that limits solar availability for outdoor infrastructure. For many temporary security deployments, these conditions have become a real-world stress test, separating equipment designed for ideal environments from systems engineered to endure extended adverse weather.
A specific example is a RIO 360 deployed in Vaughn, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Despite extreme snow and related cloud cover, the unit continues operations unabated, well beyond RAD’s engineering team’s conservative estimates.
RAD engineered its RIO line of solar-powered security towers with specific power modes only possible since RAD’s ROSA™ is a purpose-built security device. This allows RIO, in concert with forecasted weather conditions and the Company’s propriety AI, to proactively set the appropriate power mode to conserve energy and help ensure mission critical operations despite extreme and extended weather environments, without the need for generators or battery recharging as is often needed with competitive towers. In these environments, systems that rely on exposed solar arrays and limited energy storage often explain degraded performance or outright shutdowns as unavoidable. RIO was engineered differently. Its power management architecture, battery capacity, and energy efficiency were designed with harsh weather scenarios in mind, allowing autonomous security operations to continue even when sunlight is limited for extended periods. This systems level approach reflects an understanding that outdoor security infrastructure must perform through real world conditions, not just favorable ones.
“Outdoor security infrastructure does not get to choose its operating conditions,” said Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO and founder of AITX and RAD. “RIO was engineered with the assumption that sunlight would be limited, weather would be hostile, and conditions would persist longer than expected. What we are seeing during this winter storm cycle is not RIO exceeding its design; it is RIO performing exactly as intended. This is the result of systems engineering decisions made years ago, not short-term optimization for ideal environments.”
To mark RIO’s performance under real world conditions, RAD is offering a limited promotional program tied to new RIO deployments. Orders placed by February 8, 2026, will qualify for delivery by February 20, 2026, with availability limited to 50 RIO units. For each qualifying deployment, RAD intends to direct 15 percent of the first 90 days of proceeds to a local animal shelter in the community where the RIO is installed. This initiative reflects RAD’s commitment to supporting the communities it protects while continuing to deliver autonomous security systems engineered to perform when conditions are at their toughest.
Sitting atop a RAD RIO are either one or two ROSA units. ROSA is a multiple award-winning, compact, self-contained, portable, security and communication solution that can be installed and activated in about 15 minutes. ROSA’s AI-driven security analytics include human, firearm, vehicle detection, license plate recognition, responsive digital signage and audio messaging, and complete integration with RAD’s software suite notification and autonomous response library. Two-way communication is optimized for cellular, including live video from ROSA’s high-resolution, full-color, always-on cameras. RAD has published seven Case Studies detailing how ROSA has helped eliminate instances of theft, trespassing and loitering at construction sites, mobile home parks, retail centers, hospital campuses, multi-family communities across the country.
Security professionals and organizations evaluating outdoor autonomous security solutions are invited to connect with RAD to learn more about RIO’s real world performance and deployment options. Interested parties can engage directly with the RAD team to discuss operating requirements, harsh weather considerations, and current availability as winter conditions continue to challenge outdoor security infrastructure across North America.
