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The robot swarm will search for landmines by exploration of an area. Once a mine is found, each swarm member will vote for the best action for defusing the mine; wrong actions will destroy robots in the proximity of the mine. Defusing a mine will be honored with a monetary reward that is automatically distributed to the swarm members as specified by a smart contract. If a robot is unsure of an action, it can keep a greater distance to the mine to prevent being destroyed. The blockchain will serve as medium for collecting the votes and will ensure transparency of the voting process for all members. However, malicious agents might deliberately vote for a harmful action to destroy the swarm. Hence, each vote will be weighted with the reputation of the respective member, which is related to its number of successfully defused mines. I will analyze the dynamics of the voting process and the size of the swarm over time. Additionally, I will evaluate its robustness as a function of the number of malicious agents.
The robot swarm will search for
 
landmines by exploration of an area. Once a mine is
 
found, each swarm member will vote for the best action for defusing
 
the mine; wrong actions will destroy robots in the proximity of the
 
mine. Defusing a mine will be
 
honored with a monetary reward that is automatically distributed to
 
the swarm members as specified by a smart contract. If a robot is unsure of an action, it can keep a greater
 
distance to the mine to prevent being destroyed. The blockchain will
 
serve as medium for collecting the votes and will ensure
 
transparency of the voting process for all members. However,
 
malicious agents might deliberately vote for a harmful action to
 
destroy the swarm. Hence, each vote will be weighted with the reputation of the respective member, which is related to
 
its number of successfully defused mines. I will analyze the
 
dynamics of the voting process and the size of the swarm over
 
time. Additionally, I will evaluate its robustness as a function of
 
the number of malicious agents.
 

Revision as of 21:30, 21 November 2016

The robot swarm will search for landmines by exploration of an area. Once a mine is found, each swarm member will vote for the best action for defusing the mine; wrong actions will destroy robots in the proximity of the mine. Defusing a mine will be honored with a monetary reward that is automatically distributed to the swarm members as specified by a smart contract. If a robot is unsure of an action, it can keep a greater distance to the mine to prevent being destroyed. The blockchain will serve as medium for collecting the votes and will ensure transparency of the voting process for all members. However, malicious agents might deliberately vote for a harmful action to destroy the swarm. Hence, each vote will be weighted with the reputation of the respective member, which is related to its number of successfully defused mines. I will analyze the dynamics of the voting process and the size of the swarm over time. Additionally, I will evaluate its robustness as a function of the number of malicious agents.