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Industry Alerted to Security and Privacy Gaps in Consumer Robots
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An Industry Proudly Comes of Age at Boston Event Business conclaves are always an excellent barometer of the state of the industry they’re focused on. And the Robotics Trends RoboBusiness Leadership Summit 2011, held last week in Boston, was no exception. Optimism reigned supreme throughout the two-day event, reflecting a view that the robotics industry was now back and stronger than ever, following months of slowed performance brought on by the recession. |
The proceedings from the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing held in late September in Orlando, Fla., included a paper from five University of Washington (UW) researchers titled, “A Spotlight on Security and Privacy Risks with Future Household Robots: Attacks and Lessons.” The paper describes a study that has major implications for the consumer robotics market. The research indentified a shocking lack of even rudimentary security and privacy safeguards within a number of popular household robots. To address the problem, the UW group formulated a set of core questions that could be used to ensure that privacy and security issues are addressed during the development of consumer robotics products.
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