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Main Authors: Ward, James C., Bott, Alex, York, Connor, Hunt, Edmund R.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11971
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author Ward, James C.
Bott, Alex
York, Connor
Hunt, Edmund R.
author_facet Ward, James C.
Bott, Alex
York, Connor
Hunt, Edmund R.
contents Simulating hostile attacks of physical autonomous systems can be a useful tool to examine their robustness to attack and inform vulnerability-aware design. In this work, we examine this through the lens of multi-robot patrol, by presenting a machine learning-based adversary model that observes robot patrol behavior in order to attempt to gain undetected access to a secure environment within a limited time duration. Such a model allows for evaluation of a patrol system against a realistic potential adversary, offering insight into future patrol strategy design. We show that our new model outperforms existing baselines, thus providing a more stringent test, and examine its performance against multiple leading decentralized multi-robot patrol strategies.
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spellingShingle Time-Constrained Intelligent Adversaries for Automation Vulnerability Testing: A Multi-Robot Patrol Case Study
Ward, James C.
Bott, Alex
York, Connor
Hunt, Edmund R.
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography and Security
Simulating hostile attacks of physical autonomous systems can be a useful tool to examine their robustness to attack and inform vulnerability-aware design. In this work, we examine this through the lens of multi-robot patrol, by presenting a machine learning-based adversary model that observes robot patrol behavior in order to attempt to gain undetected access to a secure environment within a limited time duration. Such a model allows for evaluation of a patrol system against a realistic potential adversary, offering insight into future patrol strategy design. We show that our new model outperforms existing baselines, thus providing a more stringent test, and examine its performance against multiple leading decentralized multi-robot patrol strategies.
title Time-Constrained Intelligent Adversaries for Automation Vulnerability Testing: A Multi-Robot Patrol Case Study
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11971