The Internet of Drones (IoD) allows drones to collaborate safely while operating in a
restricted airspace for numerous applications in Industry 4.0 world. Energy efficiency and …

Robots are often shipped insecure and in some cases fully unprotected. The rationale
behind is threefold: first, defensive security mechanisms for robots are still in their early …

Abstract Purpose of Review: Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), particularly blockchain,
are paving the way to securing and managing distributed and large-scale systems of …

Today, intelligent drone technology is rapidly expanding, particularly in the defense industry.
A swarm of drones can communicate, share data, and make the best decisions on their own …

Blockchain architecture, originally designed for Bitcoin, has revolutionized finance through
decentralized transactions and secured data management. It has been utilized to maintain …

Tamper-evident logging is paramount for forensic audits and accountability subsystems. It is
based on a forward integrity model: upon intrusion, the attacker is not able to counterfeit the …

Systems for relative localization in multi-robot systems based on ultra-wideband (UWB)
ranging have recently emerged as robust solutions for GNSS-denied environments …

Autonomous service robots have great potential to support humans in tasks they cannot
perform due to, amongst others, time constraints, work overload, or staff shortages. An …

We present a robot swarm composed of Pi-puck robots that maintain a blockchain network.
The blockchain serves as security layer to neutralize Byzantine robots (faulty …

Trust is increasingly becoming a key consideration in the design of autonomous robotic
systems. In industrial applications, security and trust in the system are requirements for …