Group-Level Behavioral Switch in a Robot Swarm Using Blockchain

Himank Gupta; Volker Strobel; Alexandre Pacheco; Eliseo Ferrante; Enrico Natalizio; Marco Dorigo

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70932-6_8

Group-Level Behavioral Switch in a Robot Swarm Using Blockchain

Himank Gupta^*, Volker Strobel, Alexandre Pacheco, Eliseo Ferrante, Enrico Natalizio, Marco Dorigo

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In this paper, we introduce the concept of group-level behavioral switch (GLBS) in a robot swarm. We consider two distinct types of GLBS that differ in whether or not the individual robots in the group need to switch their behavior at the same time: the Synchronous GLBS (S-GLBS) and the Asynchronous GLBS (A-GLBS). To implement these GLBSs, we propose a blockchain-based solution built on the Ethereum platform. We then study its performance in terms of required time and success rate in a series of simulation experiments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Swarm Intelligence
Subtitle of host publication	14th International Conference, ANTS 2024, Konstanz, Germany, October 9–11, 2024, Proceedings
Editors	Heiko Hamann, Andreagiovanni Reina, Jonas Kuckling, Eduard Buss, Marco Dorigo, Leslie Pérez Cáceres, Tanja Katharina Kaiser, Mohammad Soorati, Ken Hasselmann
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	98-111
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031709326
ISBN (Print)	9783031709319
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70932-6_8
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	14th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2024 - Konstanz, Germany Duration: 9 Oct 2024 → 11 Oct 2024

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	14987 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Name	ANTS: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
Publisher	Springer

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2024
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Konstanz
Period	9/10/24 → 11/10/24

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Funding

V.\u00A0Strobel and M.\u00A0Dorigo acknowledge support from the Belgian F.R.S.-FNRS, of which they are a Postdoctoral Researcher and a Research Director respectively.

Funders	Funder number
Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS

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Gupta, H., Strobel, V., Pacheco, A., Ferrante, E., Natalizio, E., & Dorigo, M. (2024). Group-Level Behavioral Switch in a Robot Swarm Using Blockchain. In H. Hamann, A. Reina, J. Kuckling, E. Buss, M. Dorigo, L. Pérez Cáceres, T. K. Kaiser, M. Soorati, & K. Hasselmann (Eds.), Swarm Intelligence: 14th International Conference, ANTS 2024, Konstanz, Germany, October 9–11, 2024, Proceedings (pp. 98-111). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14987 LNCS), (ANTS: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence ). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70932-6_8

Gupta, Himank ; Strobel, Volker ; Pacheco, Alexandre et al. / Group-Level Behavioral Switch in a Robot Swarm Using Blockchain. Swarm Intelligence: 14th International Conference, ANTS 2024, Konstanz, Germany, October 9–11, 2024, Proceedings. editor / Heiko Hamann ; Andreagiovanni Reina ; Jonas Kuckling ; Eduard Buss ; Marco Dorigo ; Leslie Pérez Cáceres ; Tanja Katharina Kaiser ; Mohammad Soorati ; Ken Hasselmann. Springer Nature, 2024. pp. 98-111 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). (ANTS: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence ).

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