Herramienta de cifrado para la ejecución de tareas colaborativas en sistemas de manufactura con múltiples robots en una red lan inalámbrica

Abstract

Currently, robotic systems controlled remotely via LAN networks are widely used in industry, automating repetitive processes or processes that pose a risk to people. The main challenge with these systems is that very few implement robust security, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks. To address this problem, a system was developed that allows the control and monitoring of a set of robotic arms in an industrial environment. The system was developed in Python and integrates libraries such as sockets and pyserial for communication with the robotic arms and Tkinter for the graphical interface, thus creating a user-friendly application that controls and interacts with the Mitsubishi RV-M1 robotic arm over a LAN. Additionally, the program uses an AES-type encryption algorithm to ensure security and reliability in the environment. Finally, a MITM attack is performed on the system, which aims to observe its behavior in two different environments: one without any encryption and the other where the system uses the encryption algorithm. This attack allows weaknesses in these systems to be identified, either by disconnecting them or even modifying the data sent from the application to the robotic arm. This underscores the importance of implementing effective encryption.