Securing the Future: Exploring Privacy Risks and Security Questions in Robotic Systems

TL;DR

This paper reviews current applications, threats, and future evolution of robotic systems, emphasizing the urgent need to address security and privacy concerns as robotics become more integrated into daily life.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of existing security and privacy issues in robotics and outlines open research questions for future exploration.

Findings

Robotics integration raises significant security and privacy risks.

Current threats include data breaches and unauthorized access.

Future challenges involve evolving threats with advancing AI capabilities.

Abstract

The integration of artificial intelligence, especially large language models in robotics, has led to rapid advancements in the field. We are now observing an unprecedented surge in the use of robots in our daily lives. The development and continual improvements of robots are moving at an astonishing pace. Although these remarkable improvements facilitate and enhance our lives, several security and privacy concerns have not been resolved yet. Therefore, it has become crucial to address the privacy and security threats of robotic systems while improving our experiences. In this paper, we aim to present existing applications and threats of robotics, anticipated future evolution, and the security and privacy issues they may imply. We present a series of open questions for researchers and practitioners to explore further.