Autonomous Robot Patrol Randomization Against Route Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional surveillance robots follow predictable routes, making them easily detectable and vulnerable to route discovery or memory compromise, which compromises security.
Innovation Solution
A security system that randomly selects waypoints for autonomous mobile machines within a facility, transmitting these waypoints along with surveillance tasks, preventing the robot from storing a fixed route and thus making the route unobservable.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a surveillance robot stores a fixed surveillance route in memory, then the robot can efficiently patrol the facility, but the route becomes easily discoverable by observers or accessible through memory compromise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from a static, pre-programmed patrol route to a dynamic route generation system. The surveillance robot receives real-time way point instructions from a remote server, allowing the patrol path to change adaptively. This dynamic approach maintains operational efficiency while preventing route prediction and memory compromise issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a remote server as an intermediary between the control system and the surveillance robot. Instead of storing routes locally, the robot receives way point instructions through this intermediary, centralizing route management and enhancing security by preventing local memory compromise from revealing the patrol pattern.
2Ease of operation
If the surveillance robot follows a predictable route, then the patrol pattern is easy to implement and monitor, but security is compromised as individuals can detect and predict the robot's path
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic route generation where way points are selected and transmitted in real-time based on current location and security needs. This prevents predictable patterns while maintaining ease of operation through automated server-side route management and simple robot execution of received instructions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing multiple possible way points and security parameters on the remote server. When the robot requests the next way point, the server quickly selects from pre-prepared options, maintaining rapid response times without requiring complex real-time calculations on the robot itself.
3Extent of automation
If the surveillance robot stores patrol route information in memory, then the robot can autonomously navigate without continuous external communication, but the stored information becomes vulnerable to compromise and access
Solution Approach 1:
The remote server acts as a secure intermediary that holds the master route information. The robot maintains minimal local data (current way point and navigation to next target) rather than storing complete patrol routes, reducing the attack surface for memory compromise while maintaining autonomous navigation capabilities between way points.
Solution Approach 2:
The patrol route is segmented into discrete way points transmitted sequentially to the robot. Instead of storing the complete route, the robot only holds the current segment information needed for immediate navigation, reducing stored information vulnerability while maintaining operational autonomy.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for randomized autonomous robot security applications may include a security system that generate a patrol area of a facility and select a random waypoint from a plurality of waypoints in the patrol area for an autonomous mobile machine to surveillance. The security system may also select a surveillance task to be performed by the autonomous mobile machine at the random waypoint, and transmit, to the autonomous mobile machine, instructions to visit the random waypoint and perform the surveillance task. When the security system receives, from the autonomous mobile machine, an indication that the autonomous mobile machine has completed the surveillance task at the random waypoint, the security system may transmit a subsequent random waypoint of the plurality of waypoints of the patrol area along with a subsequent surveillance task to be performed at the subsequent random waypoint.