Could Your Robot Be Spying on You? - Cybersecurity Tips for Manufacturers Employing Robotics
Claudia Jarrett, US Country Manager | EU Automation
Researcher led by the National University of Singapore recently demonstrated that household robot vacuum cleaners can be hacked to behave like listening devices, which spy on their unsuspecting owners. Could industrial robots be similarly compromised? Here, Claudia Jarrett, US country manager at automation parts supplier EU Automation, assesses the risks for industrial robots.
Hackers have exploited LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) scanner technology, as used in the latest iPhone, to turn a household vacuum cleaner into a spying device. If that’s not sinister enough, elsewhere, in an experimental stunt, a friendly-looking humanoid robot was hacked to act like Chucky, the evil killer doll from the Child’s Play movies. A video shows the robot attacking a tomato while emitting an evil laugh.
Jason Baker for OpenSource: Open source isn t just changing the way we interact with the world, it s changing the way the world interacts back with us. Case in point: open source robotics. Robots are playing an increasing role in our world, and while we perhaps haven t reached the utopian future with robotic housekeepers imagined for us in the Jetsons, robotics are making advances in fields that fifty years ago would have been completely unimaginable. While undoubtedly manufacturing has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the robot renaissance, we are seeing robots enter the mainstream as well. Many of us have robots that clean our floors, clear our gutters, mow our grass, and more.
Science fiction and mass media have done the automation industry a disservice. Today, the mere mention of robots can drum up ideas of all-knowing beings capable of replacing human workers in every facet of their job. Admittedly, this type of futuristic thinking can even seep into our industry, with manufacturing organizations pushing the idea of lights out factories. These idealistic environments are entirely automated and seamlessly pump out new products without human intervention.
The problem? Automation doesn t work without human workers. In fact, Elon Musk famously commented on this nearly three years ago, stating excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated.
As proved in 2020, manufacturing, distribution, and warehousing organizations that adapt quickly to evolving conditions survive and thrive. Now, planning for Black Swan events has become a top consideration for global supply chain companies.
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