Blockchain in Robotic Distributed Multi-Level Systems

Abstract

In recent years, blockchain technologies have become widely used not only in financial markets and cryptocurrency systems but also in many others. Many practical Blockchain applications in intelligent transport systems, building information models in civil engineering, internet of things, energy systems and others make it possible to unveil unprecedented abilities to create and transfer valuable information. The survey presenting IoT security solutions published in [1] shows the potential for blockchain technology in facilitating secure sharing of IoT datasets and securing IoT systems. A new concept for a distributed space transportation system was proposed and a similar decentralized cooperative control scheme was investigated in [2]. A systematic control architecture that includes information flow of homogeneous space robots transporting a large object in orbit is developed. Largescale application of the Internet of Things technology requires improvement of security problems and formation of an integrated security system, for example, banking, logistics, insurance, contract law, and others. Some IoT environments where blockchain mechanisms play an essential role were considered in [3]. The useful application of blockchain technology in distributed decentralized energy systems (DES) is given in [4]. Blockchain allows DES to play an important role in energy services, such as meeting the business needs of energy producers and consumers, providing an entirely controlled and secure energy monitoring platform. The use of the Blockchain for secure, intelligent vehicle communication that can be used to track vehicle-generated data was proposed in [5]. A decentralized control algorithm for the robots to accomplish the comprehensive coverage was offered in [6].