Love, Death and Robots - with Wasm & K8s on Boston Dynamics Spot

The presentation discusses the use of Kubernetes and GitOps in improving the development cycle and security of IoT devices, specifically a robot called Spot.

• Kubernetes and GitOps improve the development cycle and security of IoT devices
• Spot, a robot, is used as an example
• The autonomy of Spot is improved through the use of Kubernetes and GitOps
• The security of IoT devices is a vital point that needs to be addressed
• The use of Kubernetes and GitOps allows for faster delivery of software

The speaker mentions that the security of IoT devices is often poor, especially at the hardware level. They use the example of Spot, a robot running around a manufacturing place, which can easily be hacked by someone who knows what they're doing. However, the use of Kubernetes and GitOps can help improve the security of these devices.

Can containers and Kubernetes run anywhere? Yes, nearly. We have seen in the past fighter jets, fully isolated environments, security critical infrastructure and more with Kubernetes. So it is no wonder that Boston Dynamics Spot, the most advanced mobile quadrupled robot, is running on containers too. But this wasn’t enough for us. How and why we tweaked the (real world) bot a little and what are our lessons learned is part of this talk. We will show you the easy steps to migrate to K8s, the experimental integrations with Wasm and ideas on how to manage Spot like any other Kubernetes. Our targets are to provide a highly reliable, self-healing software infrastructure for industrial great robots that are secure, fast and autonomous.