PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 18: A U.S. Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. The incoming Trump administration continues to announce nominees to fill senior positions in his cabinet and government. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A laparoscopic surgical robot demonstrates grasping rose petals during the third phase of the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) at the Canton Fair Complex on Nov. 1, 2025 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. A Commerce Department office should investigate Chinese government-connected products in more than a dozen emerging industries for security threats, a group of House GOP committee leaders said in a letter they released Wednesday. (Photo by Huang Taiming/VCG via Getty Images)
A group of men allegedly involved in a scam that Indian authorities said was meant to defraud US citizens cover their faces as they stand in a call centre in Noida, some 25km east of New Delhi, on December 21, 2018. (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)
A wide range of domestic and industrial robots are vulnerable to hacking and remote take-over by attackers who could easily over-ride safety measures and cause them to…