A Systematic Review on Social Robots in Public Spaces: Threat Landscape and Attack Surface

There is a growing interest in using social robots public spaces for indoor and outdoor applications. The threat landscape an important research area being investigated debated by various stakeholders. Objectives: This study aims to identify synthesize empirical on the complete of spaces. Specifically, this paper identifies potential actors, their motives attacks, vulnerabilities, attack vectors, impacts possible scenarios, mitigations these threats. Methods: systematic literature review follows guidelines Kitchenham Charters. search was conducted five digital databases, 1469 studies were retrieved. analyzed 21 that satisfied selection criteria. Results: Main findings reveal four categories: cybersecurity, social, physical, space. Conclusion: completely grasped complexity transdisciplinary problem robot security privacy while accommodating diversity stakeholders’ perspectives. Findings give researchers other stakeholders comprehensive view highlighting current developments new directions field. also proposed taxonomy actors