"Privacy and Security Crucial for Healthcare Robot Adoption – According to New Report"
According to a recently published white paper by Sheffield Hallam University, healthcare robotic systems must prioritize security and privacy protections. The paper calls for "secure by design" and "privacy by design" principles to increase user trust in care robots that manage sensitive health and medical data. The use of assistive robots poses risks due to the sensitive health and medical data these systems manage. The paper emphasizes that security and privacy protections are essential for the widespread acceptance and adoption of care robots. The authors highlight the importance of having transparency in care machines so that their actions can be traced, and any privacy problems can be identified. This article continues to discuss key strategies designers and developers should adopt when implementing secure Robotics Autonomous Systems (RAS).