Cyber-Physical Steganography in Robotic Motion Control

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Main Authors: Chang, Ching-Chun, Lin, Yijie, Echizen, Isao
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author Chang, Ching-Chun
Lin, Yijie
Echizen, Isao
author_facet Chang, Ching-Chun
Lin, Yijie
Echizen, Isao
contents Steganography, the art of information hiding, has continually evolved across visual, auditory and linguistic domains, adapting to the ceaseless interplay between steganographic concealment and steganalytic revelation. This study seeks to extend the horizons of what constitutes a viable steganographic medium by introducing a steganographic paradigm in robotic motion control. Based on the observation of the robot's inherent sensitivity to changes in its environment, we propose a methodology to encode messages as environmental stimuli influencing the motions of the robotic agent and to decode messages from the resulting motion trajectory. The constraints of maximal robot integrity and minimal motion deviation are established as fundamental principles underlying secrecy. As a proof of concept, we conduct experiments in simulated environments across various manipulation tasks, incorporating robotic embodiments equipped with generalist multimodal policies.
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spellingShingle Cyber-Physical Steganography in Robotic Motion Control
Chang, Ching-Chun
Lin, Yijie
Echizen, Isao
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography and Security
Steganography, the art of information hiding, has continually evolved across visual, auditory and linguistic domains, adapting to the ceaseless interplay between steganographic concealment and steganalytic revelation. This study seeks to extend the horizons of what constitutes a viable steganographic medium by introducing a steganographic paradigm in robotic motion control. Based on the observation of the robot's inherent sensitivity to changes in its environment, we propose a methodology to encode messages as environmental stimuli influencing the motions of the robotic agent and to decode messages from the resulting motion trajectory. The constraints of maximal robot integrity and minimal motion deviation are established as fundamental principles underlying secrecy. As a proof of concept, we conduct experiments in simulated environments across various manipulation tasks, incorporating robotic embodiments equipped with generalist multimodal policies.
title Cyber-Physical Steganography in Robotic Motion Control
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04541