학술논문

An Approach to Cooperative, Wide Area Visual Navigation by Leveraging Blockchain Consensus
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 Seventh IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC) IRC Robotic Computing (IRC), 2023 Seventh IEEE International Conference on. :79-83 Dec, 2023
Subject
Computing and Processing
Visualization
Technological innovation
Navigation
Computational modeling
Blockchains
Complexity theory
Mobile robots
Robot
Robot Team
Visual navigation
Cooperative planning
Blockchain
Consensus
WAVN
Language
Abstract
This work presents WAVN (Wide Area Visual Navigation) for mobile robot teams, targeting small-scale precision agriculture which requires long-term deployment, adaptability to environmental changes, GPS independence, and low computational needs. WAVN allows robots to use shared visual data for cooperative navigation towards destinations beyond their initial view. We introduce a unique integration of navigation and blockchain, using a robot-centric blockchain consensus based on shared visual landmarks. This innovation enhances the navigability of the ledger, streamlines the WAVN algorithm. The performance results from both robots and simulations confirm the efficiency gains through cooperation.