Secure Deployments

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Overview

Security underpins the entire Robotair architecture. From provisioning devices to deploying signed software, every interaction is protected by strong cryptographic and policy-enforced boundaries. Robotair is built to meet the expectations of modern DevOps and compliance teams operating safety- and mission-critical robotic systems.

This section describes how Robotair secures the software delivery pipeline across CI/CD workflows, deployment infrastructure, and robot endpoints.

Secure Deployments

Robotair ensures secure, tamper-resistant software delivery. Every deployment is authenticated, encrypted, verified, and traceable. This integrity-focused model protects your robot fleet from unauthorized updates or compromised artifacts.

Robotair’s secure deployment process incorporates:

• Signed container images and deployment manifests
• Strict identity verification using onboard TLS credentials
• Isolation of secrets from runtime execution
• TLS-encrypted communication between agents and the platform

These protections are applied consistently whether robots are running in the field, in production, or undergoing recovery.

Robot Provisioning and Identity

During onboarding, each robot is issued a unique cryptographic identity that includes:

• A robot certificate
• A private key
• A trusted Root CA

These credentials are downloaded once and stored locally by the Robotair Agent to establish encrypted communication with the Robotair platform. They are never stored or persisted in the cloud and are inaccessible to user space or robot-side applications.

This model ensures:

• Device identity is verifiable and immutable post-onboarding
• Secrets are never exposed beyond the agent context
• Communication remains secure even after factory reset or redeployment

Secure Deployment Mechanics

• Deployment artifacts are signed and verified using cryptographic signatures
• Short-lived credentials are issued at runtime to retrieve private images
• Secrets are never persisted on the robot
• All communications are TLS-encrypted with mutual certificate authentication

This protects against supply chain tampering and ensures deployment artifacts can only be executed by authenticated agents under authorized conditions.

Deployment Authentication Flow

flowchart TD
    subgraph Cloud[Robotair Platform]
        CI_Build["Build + Deployment"]
        Sign["Cryptographic Image Signing"]
        Secrets["Secrets Store"]
        Auth["Issue Temporary Credentials"]
    end

    subgraph Robot[Robot with Agent]
        Agent["Robotair Agent"]
        Runtime["Container Runtime"]
    end

    CI_Build --> Sign --> Agent
    Secrets --> Auth --> Agent
    Agent --> Runtime
    Runtime -->|"Secure Image Pull"| Registry["Private Registry"]

Additional Security Features

• Support for private container registries and signed image enforcement
• Role-based access control (RBAC) for users and resources (coming soon)
• Audit logging of all deployments, updates, and configuration actions (coming soon)
• Centralized secrets and CI/CD credential management (coming soon)

Summary

Robotair’s security framework aligns with modern DevSecOps best practices. It protects software supply chains from unauthorized access and modification, enforces integrity through cryptographic validation, and provides visibility and governance across the entire deployment lifecycle.

Whether managing a single robot or a global fleet, Robotair gives your team confidence that deployments are secure, compliant, and fully auditable.

Robotair’s secure deployment framework is designed to meet the operational and compliance expectations of production robotics teams. It incorporates image signing, credential isolation, encrypted communications, and role-based access control to minimize attack surfaces and enforce policy-driven deployments.

Each deployment is authenticated, auditable, and fully traceable ensuring software is delivered only when, where, and how you authorize it. Credentials are never stored on devices and are scoped for one-time, minimal-use access.

Organizations in Robotair offer a structured, scalable governance model for collaborative development. Whether managing a single team or coordinating across multiple departments and external partners, Robotair provides strict access boundaries, end-to-end traceability, and lifecycle visibility to support your compliance, security, and operational needs.