Exploring the Safety, Trust, Psychosocial, Legal, and Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks on Social Robots: What Should People Know and How Can We Mitigate Risks?
This extended abstract outlines an academic workshop exploring the safety, trust, psychosocial, legal, and economic impacts of cyberattacks on social robots. It details a multidisciplinary forum bringing together researchers and practitioners to discuss secure robotics, human-robot interaction, and the HEARS framework. The document serves as conference proceedings for the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.
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Who it governs
Researchers, practitioners, and students interested in human-robot interaction, cybersecurity, and technology ethics should read this to understand secure robotics challenges.
What the document contains
The document covers the framework and program for a workshop on secure robotics, addressing the intersection of cybersecurity, safety, and trust in interactive social robots. It details workshop activities including keynotes, scenario planning, and lightning talks focused on mitigating risks from cyberattacks.
It does not contain binding statutory regulations, formal legislative text, or enforceable enforcement mechanisms for robot security.
- Secure robotics requires integrating trust, safety, and security into a unified design framework.
- Cyberattacks on social robots pose threats not only to data integrity but also to physical safety and human trust.
- The workshop uses scenario planning to explore the impacts and precursors of security breaches in robotic systems.
- Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential for addressing the human-facing impacts of security violations in interactive robots.
· 1 Introduction · 2 Secure Robotics: Interdependence of Trust, Safety, and Security · 3 Workshop Activities · 4 Target Audience · 5 Room Equipment · 6 Recruiting Participants · 7 Post-workshop Activities · 8 Workshop Organizers
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Accountability
1/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
Trust fundamentally impacts acceptance, adoption, and continued usage.
2 Secure Robotics: Interdependence of Trust, Safety, and Security
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Fairness
0/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
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Human Dignity
1/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
The escalating development and integration of interactive, assistive, and social RAS into our lives has brought a pressing need to address the issue of human trust
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Human Oversight
3/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
crucially, the design of mechanisms and interfaces to support users to have oversight over this key com- ponent of the technology they develop and/or use.
1 Introduction
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Privacy
1/5Protection of personal data and private life
• Security and privacy; • Social and professional topics → Privacy policies;
CCS Concepts
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Transparency
2/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
approaches for raising awareness of the impact of an attack.
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Enforcement
0/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
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Impact Assessment
3/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
This workshop provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from a range of disci- plines to build expertise and networks in safety, trust, psychosocial, legal and economic aspects for the secure deployment of social robots
Abstract
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