A Lockpicking Robot That Can Sense the Pins
9 months ago
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- #robotics
- Development of a lockpicking robot that senses pin resistance using thin wires, load cells, and servos.
- Challenges include detecting binding pins and security pins, leading most robots to brute-force combinations.
- Suggestions for improvement include using load cells on picks or designs inspired by Lishi decoding tools.
- Lockpicking robots could make all locks less secure over time as technology advances.
- Destructive methods like breaking windows or using acid are often faster than picking locks.
- Historical context: The 'Sputnik' tool was originally a criminal invention, later reverse-engineered by security experts.
- Current robot iterations struggle with servo precision and wire guidance, affecting force transmission.
- Proposal to use ultrasonic vibration and sound analysis to better sense pin movements.
- Potential applications of sound/sonic probes beyond lockpicking, such as detecting material flaws.
- Assumption of uniform spring tension (K value) may not hold, requiring initial testing for viability.