The next major war will be super weird. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
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Researchers have demonstrated hacks against robots, taking over and controlling their camera, speakers, and movements. News article. Powered by WPeMatico
This very interesting essay looks at the future of military robotics and finds many analogs in nature: Imagine a low-cost drone with the range of a Canada goose, a bird that can cover 1,500 miles in a single day at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. Planet Earth profiled a single flock of … Read More “Military Robots as a Nature Analog” »
Robots can crack safes faster than humans — and differently: So Seidle started looking for shortcuts. First he found that, like many safes, his SentrySafe had some tolerance for error. If the combination includes a 12, for instance, 11 or 13 would work, too. That simple convenience measure meant his bot could try every third … Read More “Robot Safecracking” »
The company that sells the Roomba autonomous vacuum wants to sell the data about your home that it collects. Some questions: What happens if a Roomba user consents to the data collection and later sells his or her home — especially furnished — and now the buyers of the data have a map of a … Read More “Roombas will Spy on You” »
The US Army Research Agency is funding research into autonomous bot swarms. From the announcement: The objective of this CRA is to perform enabling basic and applied research to extend the reach, situational awareness, and operational effectiveness of large heterogeneous teams of intelligent systems and Soldiers against dynamic threats in complex and contested environments and … Read More “US Army Researching Bot Swarms” »
It’s hard to tell how much of this story is real and how much is aspirational, but it really is only a matter of time: About the size of a child’s electric toy car, the driverless vehicles will patrol different areas of the city to boost security and hunt for unusual activity, all the while … Read More “Dubai Deploying Autonomous Robotic Police Cars” »
This would be a good idea, although I can’t imagine countries like the US, China, and Russia going along with it — at least not right now. Powered by WPeMatico