SoftBank Robotics
Robot types: Companion, Humanoid. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 2.0/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 9 of 9 among Humanoid robots companies with incidents (229 tracked).
Analyst brief
SoftBank Robotics's record contains one entry: a May 2018 disclosure by security researchers that the Pepper robot lacked basic authentication and security controls, classified as a cyber-type finding with the lowest severity rating in this set, 1. This is a press-reported security research finding rather than a field failure, recall, or regulatory action, and the record shows no operational incident or injury. The single low-severity entry is consistent with a vulnerability disclosure rather than a realized harm event.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Humanoid robots (primary), Consumer robotics · Sectors: Households & Consumers, Research Services
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Consumer robotics; RobotRisk files this company under Humanoid robots because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Humanoid | 100% | 10 of 10 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper / NAO | Humanoid | shipping | 1 | 2.0 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| cyber | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 29 May 2018 | cyber | — | Security researchers find Pepper robot lacks basic authentication/security controls | The Register |
S1 29 May 2018 · cyber · Security researchers find Pepper robot lacks basic authentication/security controls
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 29 May 2018 | Security researchers find Pepper robot lacks basic authentication/security controls | The Register |
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