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An unsecured NFC tag opens a door to trivial exploitation of robots inside Japanese hotels.
Can we at least turn the thing around before we... y'know? Japanese hotel chain HIS Group has apologised for ignoring warnings that its in-room robots were hackable to allow pervs to remotely view...
James Plouffe, cybersecurity consultant for "Mr. Robot" reveals how he helped make hacking a reality on the USA-Network drama series starring Rami Malek and Christian Slater.
Interesting research: The squid robot is powered primarily by compressed air, which it stores in a cylinder in its nose (do squids have noses?). The fins and arms are controlled by pneumatic...
UK.gov offers £990k for pilotless pilot The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is coughing up just shy of a million quid to see how drones could help with sea rescue and surveillance operations.…
How in the world did I not know about this for three years? Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a robot that always wins at rock-paper-scissors. It watches the human player's...
The benefits of industrial robots won’t be achieved for long if they are not deployed with cybersecurity at their core.
The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems last month.
A team at a robot cybersecurity startup has released a free, open-source tool for information security professionals to help them easily 'footprint' and detect unprotected robots, not only...
Vulnerabilities in telepresence robots could provide an attacker not only with command execution capabilities, but also with access to a live video stream from the device, Zingbox reports. read more