GhostTac: Manipulating Tactile Sensors without Physical Contact
Researchers show robotic tactile sensors can be spoofed remotely without physical contact, opening a new attack surface for industrial and collaborative-robot environments.
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arXiv:2608.20817v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Tactile sensors are integral components of modern robotic systems, enabling robots to perceive and interact with the physical environment through tactile feedback. Despite their importance, the physical-layer security of tactile sensors has received little attention in prior work. In this paper, we present GhostTac, to the best of our knowledge, the first contactless attack that manipulates tactile sensing via electromagnetic interference (EMI
Editorial Analysis
As European manufacturers integrate collaborative robots into production lines, contactless sensor manipulation could undermine safety controls and quality assurance in Industry 4.0 settings.
Assess whether robotic assets in production use vulnerable tactile sensor types and evaluate shielding or anomaly-detection countermeasures.
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