# Episode 149: Robot safety and security - Krystal Mattich

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2026-03-20
- Length: 25m
- Episode: 149
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich

## Summary

Krystal Mattich, Senior Director of Security, Privacy, and Risk at Brain Corp, explains the company's privacy-first infrastructure that powers over 40,000 BrainOS-enabled robots in retail, airports, and logistics. She details how Brain Corp partners with OEMs like Tennant to create autonomous cleaning and inventory scanning robots, prioritizing safety and minimal data collection through 'privacy by design.' Mattich discusses the launch of Brain Corp's public-facing Trust Center to demonstrate transparency and GDPR compliance, ensuring robots blur faces and collect only what is necessary for navigation and task execution.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich#t=7) Introduction: Robot Talk and Brain Corp Overview
- [2:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich#t=156) Brain Corp's Autonomous Mobile Robots and BrainOS
- [5:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich#t=316) Safety, Sensor Placement, and Public Space Navigation
- [9:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich#t=558) Privacy by Design and Minimal Data Collection
- [12:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich#t=777) The Brain Corp Trust Center and Transparency
- [16:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich#t=1013) Consumer IoT, Robot Vacuums, and Data Trust
- [19:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2026-03-20-episode-149-robot-safety-and-security-krystal-mattich#t=1170) Balancing AI Progress with Security and Regulation

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Brain Corp (company)
- BrainOS (product)
- Tennant (company)
- GDPR (other)
- Trust Center (product)

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- [375: Hiding in Your Roomba](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-03-375-hiding-in-your-roomba) (Embedded.fm)
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