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Assistive Multimodal Robotic System (AMRSys): Security and Privacy Issues, Challenges, and Possible Solutions

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Marchang, Jims, Di Nuovo, Alessandro·2022·Applied Sciences

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Assistive robotic systems could be a suitable solution to support a variety of health and care services, help independent living, and even simulate affection, to reduce loneliness. However, adoption is limited by several issues, as well as user concerns about ethics, data security, and privacy. Other than the common threats related to internet connectivity, personal robotic systems have advanced interaction possibilities, such as audio, video, touch, and gestures, which could be exploited to gain access to private data that are stored in the robot. Therefore, novel, safer methods of interaction should be designed to safeguard users’ privacy. To solicit further research on secure and private multimodal interaction, this article presents a thorough study of the state-of-the-art literature on data security and user privacy in interactive social robotic systems for health and care. In our study, we focus on social robotics to assist older people, which is a global challenge that is receiving a great deal of attention from the robotics and social care communities. This application will have a significant positive impact on the economy and society, but poses various security and privacy issues. This article analyses the key vulnerable areas where data leakage could occur during a multimodal interaction with a personal assistive robotic system. Thus, blockchain with a resource-aware framework, along with a continuous multifactor authentication mechanism, are envisaged as a potential solution for making such systems secure by design; therefore, increasing trust, acceptability, and adoption. Among the key cybersecurity research challenges, it is crucial to create an intelligent mechanism that autonomously determines the right trade-off between continuous user prompts and system usability, according to data types and personal preferences.

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Authors
Marchang, J., & Di Nuovo, A.
Affiliations
  • Sheffield Hallam University (GB)
  • Computing Department & Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC), Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
Corresponding author
Marchang, Jims
Venue
Applied Sciences
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-02-19
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
2174
ISSN
2076-3417 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4213107980
Cited by
33
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 1
FWCI
6.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Applied Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University) (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/W000741/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Robotics and Automated Systems
Keywords
assistive robotics, social robots, multimodal interaction, data privacy, data security, older adults, health and care, blockchain, multi-factor authentication, security by design, data leakage, user trust

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