No machine without an identity
Systems that act in physical or critical digital environments must be identifiable.
Public-interest infrastructure · Draft 0.1
Identity for
autonomous machines.
Every machine capable of acting in the world should be identifiable. Every identity should lead to someone accountable.
BOOTID REGISTRY EXPLORER
DEMO
REGISTRY STATUSActive · Demo record
MODERATE RISK
- BootID
- BID-DEMO-RBT-0001
- Class
- Service robot
- Controller
- Demo Robotics Lab
- Jurisdiction
- Florida, United States
- Software
- MotionOS 3.2.1
- Last attested
- 16 Sep 2026
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01Identity
02Accountability
03Traceability
04Revocation
THE MISSING LAYER
A serial number identifies a product.
A BootID identifies responsibility.
Autonomous systems can move, observe, decide and interact with critical environments. Yet there is no universal, public-interest identity layer connecting a machine to its manufacturer, operator, authorized capabilities and verifiable history.
BootID is a proposal to close that gap with a privacy-preserving, standards-aligned machine passport.
BOOTID
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM PASSPORT
UNIQUE MACHINE IDENTIFIERBID-DEMO-UAV-2048
Unmanned aerial system · Research class
MACHINE PASSPORT
One identity.
A complete chain of accountability.
- 01Verified origin
Manufacturer, model and original serial bound to one durable identity.
- 02Responsible controller
A legal person or organization remains accountable for operation.
- 03Declared capabilities
Physical and digital abilities, permissions and risk classification.
- 04Lifecycle evidence
Signed records for activation, transfer, maintenance, incidents and retirement.
BOOTID STANDARD · DRAFT 0.1
Built for the full machine lifecycle.
The record grows with the system. Corrections create new signed events; history is never silently rewritten.
01Manufactured
Origin and hardware identity established.
02Activated
Controller and jurisdiction verified.
03Operating
Capabilities and permissions current.
04Maintained
Service and software events signed.
05Retired
Authority removed; history retained.
FOUNDATIONAL RULES
No autonomy
without accountability.
BootID is not a government registry, regulator or certification authority. It is an open proposal for verifiable machine identity.
No identity without a responsible party
A manufacturer, owner or operator must remain legally accountable.
No critical capability without disclosure
Material functions and authorized environments must be declared.
No altered history
Lifecycle events are signed, timestamped and preserved.
No safety claim without evidence
Registration, verification and independent certification remain separate.
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Artificial intelligence may exceed us in speed, memory or individual tasks. It does not exceed the totality of what a human being is. Our responsibility is neither to worship machines nor to fear them, but to identify them, limit them and ensure that someone always answers for their actions.
Francesca Pérez
Founder, BootID · Miami, Florida
FOUNDER'S STATEMENT
Technology needs humility.
BootID begins from a simple conviction: human creations inherit human imperfection. Autonomous machines can create extraordinary value, but power without identity leaves society without a clear path to trust, oversight or remedy.
This initiative exists to make accountability part of the architecture—not an apology written after harm occurs.
DESIGNED TO ALIGN, NOT REPLACE
Grounded in existing work.
BOOTID INITIATIVE