The Robotic Swarm Contamination Problem

Sapir Avrahami; Noa Agmon

doi:10.1109/mrs.2019.8901090

The Robotic Swarm Contamination Problem

Sapir Avrahami
, Noa Agmon

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

The problem of reaching a consensus in a swarm of robots has been widely examined in the literature. In this paper we introduce the contamination problem, a new version of the consensus problem in which the robots' influence to adopt a certain value towards a consensus is based on both external factors (its surroundings) and its internal state. The problem's innovation is in the combination of two aspects: First, the existence of adversarial forces that may intentionally act to divert the robots from a desired consensus, and an asymmetry of state transition, that is, a robot may have a stronger tendency to change from one state to another, compared to the other way around. We provide a theoretical analysis of formation creation as a mean to guarantee consensus, and an empirical evaluation-both in simulation and in real robots-demonstrating the influence of different robot behaviors and internal factors on the convergence time and value.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	119-125
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728128764
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/mrs.2019.8901090
State	Published - Aug 2019
Event	2nd International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019 - New Brunswick, United States Duration: 22 Aug 2019 → 23 Aug 2019

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Name	International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019

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Conference	2nd International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Brunswick
Period	22/08/19 → 23/08/19

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*This research was funded in part by ISF grant 2306/18 1Sapir Avrahami and Noa Agmon are with the Department of Computer Science, Bar - Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel 52900 [email protected], [email protected]

Funders	Funder number
Ilan University
Israel Science Foundation	2306/18 1Sapir

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Avrahami, S & Agmon, N 2019, The Robotic Swarm Contamination Problem. in International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019., 8901090, International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 119-125, 2nd International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019, New Brunswick, United States, 22/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/mrs.2019.8901090

The Robotic Swarm Contamination Problem. / Avrahami, Sapir; Agmon, Noa.
International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 119-125 8901090 (International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2019).

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