Blockchain-Powered Collaboration in Heterogeneous Swarms of Robots

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One of the key challenges in the collaboration within heterogeneous multi-robot systems is the optimization of the amount and type of data to be shared between robots with different sensing capabilities and computational resources.

• In this paper, we present a novel approach to managing collaboration terms in heterogeneous multi-robot systems with blockchain technology.
• Leveraging the extensive research of consensus algorithms in the blockchain domain, we exploit key technologies in this field to be integrated for consensus in robotic systems.
• We propose the utilization of proof of work systems to have an online estimation of the available computational resources at different robots.