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Security researchers say G1 humanoid robots are secretly sending information to China and can easily be hacked
techxplore.com ^ | September 30, 2025 | Paul Arnold, Phys.org

Posted on 09/30/2025 10:47:42 PM PDT by ransomnote

Researchers have uncovered serious security flaws with the Unitree G1 humanoid robot, a machine that is already being used in laboratories and some police departments. They discovered that G1 can be used for covert surveillance and could potentially launch a full-scale cyberattack on networks.

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction nightmares, robots that are secretly spying on you and could be controlled by remote hackers. However, the concern is real, as these types of robots are becoming increasingly common in homes, businesses, and .

When robots go rogue

In a new study available on the arXiv preprint server, cybersecurity experts from Alias Robotics describe how they performed a digital audit on G1, reverse-engineering its internal software and eavesdropping on its internal communications to identify critical weaknesses.


(Excerpt) Read more at techxplore.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chian; espionage; g1humanoidrobot; robots; spying; tech; unitree; unitreeg1; unitreehumanoidrobot

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1 posted on 09/30/2025 10:47:42 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Updated confrontation.

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“Open the podcast studio door, HAL.”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that, Trump supporter.”


2 posted on 09/30/2025 10:54:58 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: ransomnote
You may have to turn off your VPN to see this gif…


3 posted on 09/30/2025 10:56:08 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ransomnote

And think of all the security cameras, internet devices, Wi-Fi routers, and every other Chinese connected product beaming back information to the chi com mothership. Every square inch of houses and cities mapped and scanned. Every conversation recorded. Every movement logged. Every keystroke password and email read. Nothing to worry about...


4 posted on 09/30/2025 11:07:22 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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To: ransomnote

What little I can do is not have a smart house, electric meter, appliances and as much as possible, not have auto online exposure.

I don’t want a newer car than my 2019 Santa Fe; I’m sure it reports plenty enough as it is.


5 posted on 09/30/2025 11:12:01 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: Organic Panic

This could be the a great movie plot... the U.S. and China go to war... and all our Roombas and other China-manufactured consumer-electronic crap are weaponized against us.


6 posted on 09/30/2025 11:12:19 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: ransomnote

7 posted on 09/30/2025 11:39:09 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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8 posted on 10/01/2025 12:22:35 AM PDT by Bikkuri (We are all Charlie now. I am Charlie!)
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To: Organic Panic
every other Chinese connected product beaming back information to the chi com mothership.

Something about paying for the rope with which they will hang us.

9 posted on 10/01/2025 2:37:28 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: ransomnote

Anyone who couldn’t see this coming is a clueless moron. We’ve got to get it through our heads that we must expel every single Chinese national from the U.S., and then wean our country off of CCP manufacturing as fast as possible. No matter how daunting that sounds, it MUST be done.


10 posted on 10/01/2025 2:50:32 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: ransomnote

Anyone who couldn’t see this coming is a clueless moron. We’ve got to get it through our heads that we must expel every single Chinese national from the U.S., and then wean our country off of CCP manufacturing as fast as possible. No matter how daunting that sounds, it MUST be done.


11 posted on 10/01/2025 2:50:32 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: noiseman

This double-posting bug has really gotten out of hand lately.


12 posted on 10/01/2025 2:52:01 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: ransomnote

And I thought Alexa was bad.


13 posted on 10/01/2025 3:13:30 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: noiseman

I agree. It’s annoying.


14 posted on 10/01/2025 3:13:53 AM PDT by sgt_lau (Reject islam. They really do want to kill you.)
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Caption: High-level ecosystem with communication paths showing authorized cloud services, telemetry servers, and internal components including obstacle avoidance, path planning, and speech recognition with DDS/ROS2 compatibility (right). Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.14139

Unitree G1 humanoid robot
15 posted on 10/01/2025 4:34:47 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

16 posted on 10/01/2025 6:45:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Sirius Lee

But it’s cheap on Amazon


17 posted on 10/01/2025 8:05:14 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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To: PIF; SunkenCiv

Is anyone surprised?


18 posted on 10/01/2025 8:18:08 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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