Industrial Robotics – Are You Increasing Your Cybersecurity Risk?

There’s nothing fundamentally novel about the use of robots in industrial environments. For nearly half a century, they’ve been changing the way that we manufacture products and deal with risk in hazardous environments. From automotive assembly lines to mines, robots have been helping to boost productivity and safety for decades. According to a report from the International Federation of Robotics, sales of industrial robots are rising at around 30% a year, and by much more in some sectors.