Some humanoid robots can be hacked through voice commands, demonstration shows
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Yicaiglobal") reported (via Interesting Engineering")) that specialists from the Chinese cybersecurity research group Darknavy recently showed off a method of compromising commercial humanoid robots that has somewhat terrifying implications if used in a real-world setting. At GEEKcon in Shangai, the researchers took a commercially available Unitree robot and demonstrated that it could be hacked with voice commands and, if that wasn't bad enough, used to infect other nearby units. They make movies about this stuff, man. Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
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Published December 29, 2025
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