Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and Experiments
In this work, we propose a blockchain-based solution for securing robot-to-robot communication for a task with a high socioeconomic impact—information gathering. The objective of the robots is to gather maximal information about an unknown ambient phenomenon such as soil humidity distribution in a f...
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| author | Cesar E. Castellon Tamim Khatib Swapnoneel Roy Ayan Dutta O. Patrick Kreidl Ladislau Bölöni |
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| description | In this work, we propose a blockchain-based solution for securing robot-to-robot communication for a task with a high socioeconomic impact—information gathering. The objective of the robots is to gather maximal information about an unknown ambient phenomenon such as soil humidity distribution in a field. More specifically, we use the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus protocol for the robots to securely coordinate while rejecting tampered data injected by a malicious entity. As the blockchain-based PoW protocol has a large energy footprint, we next employ an algorithmically-engineered energy-efficient version of PoW. Results show that our proposed energy-efficient PoW-based protocol can reduce energy consumption by <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>14</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> while easily scaling up to 10 robots. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2e048752aa64e039a8cca844e0845482023-11-19T16:18:48ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-10-011220423910.3390/electronics12204239Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and ExperimentsCesar E. Castellon0Tamim Khatib1Swapnoneel Roy2Ayan Dutta3O. Patrick Kreidl4Ladislau Bölöni5School of Computing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USASchool of Computing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USASchool of Computing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USASchool of Computing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USASchool of Computing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USADepartment of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USAIn this work, we propose a blockchain-based solution for securing robot-to-robot communication for a task with a high socioeconomic impact—information gathering. The objective of the robots is to gather maximal information about an unknown ambient phenomenon such as soil humidity distribution in a field. More specifically, we use the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus protocol for the robots to securely coordinate while rejecting tampered data injected by a malicious entity. As the blockchain-based PoW protocol has a large energy footprint, we next employ an algorithmically-engineered energy-efficient version of PoW. Results show that our proposed energy-efficient PoW-based protocol can reduce energy consumption by <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>14</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> while easily scaling up to 10 robots.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/20/4239multi-robot systemblockchainsecurityenergy |
| spellingShingle | Cesar E. Castellon Tamim Khatib Swapnoneel Roy Ayan Dutta O. Patrick Kreidl Ladislau Bölöni Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and Experiments Electronics multi-robot system blockchain security energy |
| title | Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and Experiments |
| title_full | Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and Experiments |
| title_fullStr | Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and Experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and Experiments |
| title_short | Energy-Efficient Blockchain-Enabled Multi-Robot Coordination for Information Gathering: Theory and Experiments |
| title_sort | energy efficient blockchain enabled multi robot coordination for information gathering theory and experiments |
| topic | multi-robot system blockchain security energy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/20/4239 |
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