A Blockchain-Controlled Physical Robot Swarm Communicating via an Ad-Hoc Network

Autor: Marco Dorigo, Alexandre Pacheco, Volker Strobel
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN: 9783030603755
ANTS Conference
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60376-2_1
Popis: We present a robot swarm composed of Pi-puck robots that maintain a blockchain network. The blockchain serves as security layer to neutralize Byzantine robots (faulty, malfunctioning, or malicious robots). In the context of this work, we implemented a framework for high-throughput communication using a decentralized mobile ad-hoc network. This work serves as a building block for secure real-world deployments of robot swarms. Our results show that the use of a blockchain is feasible and warranted in embodied robot swarm deployments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE