Robotic

• The risk of data leaks from IoT devices and robots has led a team of Australian researchers to set to work on the development of a privacy-preserving camera.
• The current prototype scrambles visual information before it’s digitized, but nonetheless creates images that are sufficiently detailed to allow for the efficient functioning of vacuum cleaners and other IoT household devices.
• Cameras of this type will be more expensive to produce, but they will enable manufacturers to provide explicit guarantees on respect for privacy. However, they will not be suitable for certain applications like self-driving cars.