SEALSQ shows post-quantum robotics concept at Davos
SEALSQ has taken its post-quantum cryptography message into the physical world, demonstrating a secure robotics concept during a high-level roundtable held alongside the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. The live demonstration brought together post-quantum security, physical AI and robotics in a single, interactive showcase.
For eeNews Europe readers tracking the intersection of semiconductors, security and AI, the demonstration highlights how quantum-resistant technologies are starting to move from theory into real hardware platforms. It also underlines how chip-level trust is becoming a prerequisite for future autonomous and AI-driven systems.
Post-quantum security meets physical AI
SEALSQ Corp, a supplier of semiconductor and public key infrastructure technologies, used the Davos event to present its Post-Quantum Cryptography Robotic Concept. Meanwhile, the demonstration featured WISeRobot, developed in cooperation with its parent company WISeKey International Holding Ltd, and showed how quantum-resistant security could be embedded directly into physical AI and robotic systems.
The company argues that as quantum computing matures, today’s cryptographic standards will become increasingly vulnerable. Moreover, its approach focuses on integrating post-quantum algorithms and hardware-based roots of trust into robotics platforms, anchoring security across silicon, firmware and system levels.
The WISeRobot.ch platform acted as a live participant during the Physical AI Roundtable, demonstrating secure digital identity, trusted human–machine and machine-to-machine interactions, cryptographically protected communications and hardware-anchored trust in real time. According to SEALSQ, this type of architecture is essential for AI systems that operate in real-world, and often adversarial, environments.
Industry voices warn on timing and trust
The discussions in Davos reinforced the sense of urgency around post-quantum readiness. David Shrier, Professor of Practice at Imperial College London, described how AI and quantum computing will converge, accelerating certain classes of computation while also increasing systemic risk if designers fail to build in trust and security from the outset.
From an enterprise perspective, Mark Hughes, Global Managing Partner of Cybersecurity Services at IBM, said quantum computers could arrive as early as 2028 and noted that IBM is already preparing for the transition. The shared conclusion was that the post-quantum era may arrive faster than expected, making early action critical for protecting digital identities, AI systems and autonomous machines.
SEALSQ CEO Carlos Moreira said the company’s experiments are about embedding trust at the foundation of intelligent systems. “Robotics and AI are rapidly becoming part of our critical infrastructure,” he said. “By conducting experiments with post-quantum cryptography in robotics and bringing this first concept to animate our Davos Roundtable, we are demonstrating how trust, security, and human-centric principles can be embedded into intelligent machines from the very beginning.”
The Davos demonstration positions SEALSQ’s post-quantum robotics work as an early indicator of how secure-by-design physical AI systems could evolve for applications ranging from government and healthcare to smart infrastructure and industrial automation.
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