Abstract
This disclosure describes SI KYR (Know Your Robot), a method of due diligence on governed robots that answers, at the moment of contact, four questions: is this machine the one its record describes; who answers for it now; what may it do here; and where has it been. A KYR check gathers its answers from records already kept for the robot, namely its passport, its certified twin, its proving stage for the place in question, its safety status and the health of its recorder, and presents them at a depth set by who is asking. A person passing a robot in a public place can learn who is responsible for it, what it is permitted to do there and how to report a concern, and nothing personal about anyone. A site deciding whether to admit a robot also sees its proving stage, safety status and recorder health. A buyer, lessee or insurer also sees its full history of incidents, repairs, changes of configuration and changes of owner, which follows the robot through every transfer and cannot be shed by a change of hands. An accredited investigator may also open sealed records under the rules that govern them. The physical machine is matched to its record by an attested hardware identity and by a visible mark that anyone can scan, and a mismatch is itself a finding. A KYR status is live: when any underlying record changes, such as a lost certification mark, an expired twin or a demotion, the status shown changes at once. Robots check one another in the same way before working in a shared space or handing over a task. A site, a lessor or an operator may make a passing KYR check a condition of entry or use. Every check above the public level is a signed record, and the public level leaves no trace of the person asking.
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Recommended Citation
Wang, Edward D. H., "SI KYR™ (Know Your Robot): Graded Due Diligence on Governed Robots at Every Point of Contact, in which the Physical Machine Is Matched to Its Record, the Party Answering for It Now Is Named, What It May Do at This Place Is Shown, and Its History Follows It through Every Change of Hands, with Depth of Disclosure Set by Who Is Asking, Live Revocation, Robot-to-Robot Checks, and No Entry without a Passing Check", Technical Disclosure Commons, (November 10, 2026)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/12953