Bee-Bots: A Blockchain Based Decentralised Swarm Robotic System

Karthik, S; Chandhar, N Praveen; Akil, Murat; Chander, Shivani; Amogh, J; Aditya, Risha Zahra

doi:10.1109/iccar49639.2020.9108053

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“…Karthik et al (2020) used blockchain in swarm robotics to construct a two-dimensional structure [7]. This research work used blockchain to carry out trustless communication and serves as an example of the use of blockchain in spatial organizing behaviors.…”

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A Survey of Applications of Blockchain in Collective Decision-Making Scenarios in Swarm Robotics

Krishnamohan

2023

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Blockchain is a distributed ledger that was introduced to decentralize monetary systems. However, with time, the applications of blockchain in different realms have been identified. Swarm robotics is a field that combines swarm intelligence and robotics to solve real-world problems that cannot be solved by monolithic robots. Collective decision-making is one of the major behaviors implemented by swarm robotics. This study analyzes existing literature on the applications of blockchain in the collective decision-making scenarios in swarm robotics. Consequently, this study introduces a novel taxonomy to study the different applications effectively. The taxonomy categorizes existing literature into (i) application of blockchain in other areas of swarm robotics, (ii) application of blockchain in continuous collective decision-making scenarios, (iii) application of blockchain in discrete collective decision-making scenarios, (iv) application of blockchain in other discrete collective decision-making scenarios, and (v) application of blockchain in the collective perception scenario. Finally, the limitations of existing work such as excessive resource consumption and violation of swarm robotics principles are discussed.

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Section: Application Of Blockchain In Other Areas Of Swarm Roboticsmentioning

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A Survey of Applications of Blockchain in Collective Decision-Making Scenarios in Swarm Robotics

Krishnamohan

2023

jinita

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“…Several applications of mobile robots with blockchain for managing both a single robot and multi robot systems including swarm robots [12] have been proposed, with the majority of studies conducted in the literature dated in 2020 and 2021. They can be classified as consensus proposals [13] [14], path planning [15], cooperative working [16], information sharing [17], collective decision making [18], robot partitioning [19], task allocation [20][21]. Ethereum is the preferred blockchain network in most these applications with the mention of tradeoffs in smart contract development.…”

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Blokzincir Destekli Mobil Robotların Sağlık Hizmetinde Uygulanması: Kullanım Örnekleri, Araştırma Zorlukları ve Gelecek Trendler

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2022

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Using service robots in healthcare is gaining importance in case of emergent situations like pandemics where human labour is considered risky. Multi robot systems of mobile robots have the potential to perform simple but vital tasks in healthcare. However, centralized control with a server computer of these systems carry the risks of single point of failure and ineffective operation of robots, thus decentralized control with blockchain integration offers a better solution. We mention research challenges regarding blockchain powered multi robot systems of mobile robots from use case, blockchain technology and its integration into current computing systems used in medical centers aspects. Then we propose a method for decentralized management and task distribution in a multi robot system by using Hyperledger Fabric as a permissioned blockchain platform and give common use case scenarios. In this system, tasks are assigned to robots depending on the selection of nearest available robots to the task target. Each robot runs the smart contract containing the task assignment method, so that data traffic for the task assignment process is distributed among the network, instead of stacking up on a single line as in a centralized system. Future research issues and directions for future works are also stated as a conclusion.

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“…The experimental setup demonstrated promising results that this approach increased the efficiency in data processing. Karthik et al (2020) proposed decentralized blockchain-based Swarm robotic system inspired by bees, which can solve the issues in the construction field, where human presence and labor cannot be possible or turn out to be dangerous such as in underwater constructions and disaster rescue operations. They propose blockchain logic and pathplanning algorithm, utilizing trajectory tracking and dynamic velocities of robots which are backed up by the experimental setup, in which individual robots completes the task of picking and placing the blocks from different positions to desired point, by traversing autonomously on the arena whose blueprint is initially fed to the robots.…”

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A Survey on Blockchain in Robotics: Issues, Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions

Aditya

Singh

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Journal of Network and Computer Applications

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Bee-Bots: A Blockchain Based Decentralised Swarm Robotic System

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

A Survey of Applications of Blockchain in Collective Decision-Making Scenarios in Swarm Robotics

A Survey of Applications of Blockchain in Collective Decision-Making Scenarios in Swarm Robotics

Blokzincir Destekli Mobil Robotların Sağlık Hizmetinde Uygulanması: Kullanım Örnekleri, Araştırma Zorlukları ve Gelecek Trendler

A Survey on Blockchain in Robotics: Issues, Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions

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