Phys.org April 3, 2018
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology developed HoneyBot designed to lure in digital troublemakers and trick the bad actors into giving up valuable information to cybersecurity professionals. The gadget can be monitored and controlled through the internet. But unlike other remote-controlled robots, the HoneyBot’s special ability is tricking its operators into thinking it is performing one task, when it is doing something completely different. Rather than allowing the hacker to then run amok in the physical world, the robot could be designed to follow certain commands deemed harmless but stopping short of doing anything dangerous…read more.
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology