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This paper introduces ARGUS, an autonomous robotic platform designed to close this gap by correlating cyber and physical anomalies in real time. ARGUS integrates computer vision for facial and weapon detection with intrusion detection systems (Snort, Suricata) for monitoring malicious network activity. Operating through an edge-first microservice architecture, it ensures low latency and resilience without reliance on cloud services. Our evaluation covered five scenarios\u2014access control, unauthorized entry, weapon detection, port scanning, and denial-of-service attacks\u2014with each repeated ten times under varied conditions such as low light, occlusion, and crowding. Results show face recognition accuracy of 92.7% (500 samples), weapon detection accuracy of 89.3% (450 samples), and intrusion detection latency below one second, with minimal false positives. Audio analysis of high-risk sounds further enhanced situational awareness. Beyond performance, ARGUS addresses GDPR and ISO 27001 compliance and anticipates adversarial robustness. By unifying cyber and physical detection, ARGUS advances beyond state-of-the-art patrol robots, delivering comprehensive situational awareness and a practical path toward resilient, ethical robotic security.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcp5040078","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,1]],"date-time":"2025-10-01T09:37:21Z","timestamp":1759311441000},"page":"78","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["ARGUS: An Autonomous Robotic Guard System for Uncovering Security Threats in Cyber-Physical Environments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-0481-0631","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Edi Marian","family":"Timofte","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computers, Automation and Electronics, University \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2093-8659","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mihai","family":"Dimian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computers, Automation and Electronics, University \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alin Dan","family":"Potorac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computers, Automation and Electronics, University \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Doru","family":"Balan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computers, Automation and Electronics, University \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9466-8961","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel-Florin","family":"Hri\u021bcan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computers, Automation and Electronics, University \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-3071-5638","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcel","family":"Pu\u0219ca\u0219u","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computers, Automation and Electronics, University \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ovidiu","family":"Chira\u0219","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computers, Automation and Electronics, University \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Soler, R., Moudni, A., Roskowski, G., Yu, X., Gormov, M., and Saniie, J. 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